Workshop Poster The rise of early ChristianityThe workshop will stimulate further scholarly discussion on the topic of the emergence and expansion of early Christianity in Asia Minor and Greece in antiquity and provide a final impulse for the publications currently in preparation and focusing on Macedonia, Galatia, the Maeander valley. It will also initiate a consultation for a collective volume edited by C. Breytenbach and C. Zimmermann on the rise of Early Christianity in Attica and Corinthia.

Audio Recording

Program

26.6.2017
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome Address
Cilliers Breytenbach
Klaus Hallof
09:15 - 10:00
Early Christianity in Corinth: From Paul to 1st Clement
Larry Welborn
10:00 - 10:45
Dionysius of Corinth and the history of Corinthian Christianity
Cavan Concannon
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:00
The archaeology of Christian burials in the region of Corinth
Joseph Lee Rife
12:00 - 12:45
Was Athens a ‘stronghold of paganism’?
The presence of early Christianity in the city and in the Attic countryside: Archaeological evidence from churches, cemeteries and inscriptions
Elli Tzavella
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:45
Formular der frühchristlichen Grabschriften von Attika und Corinthia: Chronologische und geographische Gesichtspunkte
Erkki Sironen
14:45 - 15:30
The archaeology of Early Christianity in the Peloponnese
Rebecca Sweetman
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00
Editorial/Business Meeting: Early Christianity in and around Athens and Corinth
17:00 - 17:30
Pause
17:30 - 19:00
Early Christians in Corinth: Religious Insiders or Outsiders?
Jan Bremmer
19:00 - 20:30
Reception
27.6.2017
09:30 - 10:15
The rise and expansion of Christianity throughout Macedonia
Julien Ogereau
10:15 - 11:00
Early Christian episcopacies in Northern Macedonia: Epigraphy and archaeology
Slavica Babamova
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:15
Shaping the city: The influence of Christianity in Stobi
Dimitar Nikolovski
12:15 - 12:30
The Early Christian Epigraphy of Southern Thracia: A Preliminary Report
Maya Prodanova
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 - 14:45
From Aphrodite(s) to Saint-Bishops in Late Antique Cyprus
Georgios Deligiannakis
14:45 - 15:30
The use of Greek in the early Christian inscriptions from Rome and Italy in III–IV AD
Antonio Enrico Felle
15:30 - 15:40
Conclusion
Cilliers Breytenbach
16:00 - 18:00
Museum visit (optional)