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Ben Witherington III attempts to reenchant our reading of Paul in this creative reconstruction of ancient Corinth. Following a fictitious Corinthian man named Nicanor through an eventful week of business dealings and conflict, you will encounter life at various levels of Roman society—eventually meeting Paul himself and gaining entrance into the Christian community there. The result is an...

A CLOSER LOOK The Destruction and Romanization of Corinth In 146 B.C. the Roman general Mummius destroyed the ancient city of Corinth, leaving only the ancient temple of Apollo standing. According to reports, the women and children were sold into slavery, and the statues, paintings and works of art were seized and shipped to Rome. Corinth was then mostly reduced to ashes. What arose thereafter was a city largely designed on a Roman plan and serving Roman legal and military purposes. Even so, the
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