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Hello Juantoo3, It is going well - a lot of work. I am also taking a reading class in Sociological Theory so that I can apply soc theory and methods to my thesis. Sorry I haven't been on for a while. I put the forum on the back burner and I think it fell off the stove. I hope that all is going...

Hello Juantoo 3, Thanks. I have not, but will look at Mr. Garaffa's article.

Hello Juantoo 3, "What relationship did Corinth have with, say, the Gnostics?" Gnosticism was later than the time period that we are talking about. I think it is closer to the Second or Third Century CE (I'd have to look that up to be sure). Although, I do think that Religious Groups like...

Hello Juantoo 3, I think that the early Corinthian community during Paul's time would not necessarily understand Jesus as Zeus (or make connections to Zeus) because the Christology of Jesus is not fully developed to the extent that it is in later periods. That is, Paul was writing in the 50s...

Hello juantoo 3 and Dream, juantoo 3: I have not read the thread "Rome in Transition" and will do so looking for resources. Thank you for that suggestion. My first hunch is that Josephus will not be much help; however, I should probably go through "The Jewish Wars" and "The History of the...

Hello Dream, Yes, the ancient Greek city of Corinth was destroyed and then some time later was rebuilt by the Romans as a Roman city (i.e., on a typical Roman grid). I think that I would like to start with "non-Paul" information something like S.C. Barton and GHR Horley's "A Hellenistic...

Hello, I am interested in the Corinthian Community at the turn of the century, as viewed through Paul's epistles and other extant evidence. Particularly, what type of group formed? Did the group form out of an existing group? What practices (rituals) were in place and/or developed into...