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Corinth in Contrast: Studies in Inequality

By Daniel N. Schowalter , Steven J. Friesen , Sarah A. James

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2013
ISBN
9004226079, 9789004226074
ISSN
0167-9732
Google Books ID
fcveAQAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6449585 bytes)
Series
Supplements to Novum Testamentum 155
Pages
xviii+273\293
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2014-04-20 08:26:16

Description

In Corinth in Contrast, archaeologists, historians, art historians, classicists, and New Testament scholars examine the stratified nature of socio-economic, political, and religious interactions in the city from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. The volume challenges standard social histories of Corinth by focusing on the unequal distribution of material, cultural, and spiritual resources. Specialists investigate specific aspects of cultural and material stratification such as commerce, slavery, religion, marriage and family, gender, and art, analyzing both the ruling elite of Corinth and the non-elite Corinthians who made up the majority of the population. This approach provides insight into the complex networks that characterized every ancient urban center and sets an agenda for future studies of Corinth and other cities rule by Rome.

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