In September 2007, an International Scientific Conference was held in Corinth on the topic "Apostle Paul and Corinth: 1,950 years since the writing of the Letters to the Corinthians." Distinguished scholars of Paul from all over the world responded to the invitation and 82 significant scientific presentations were made in Greek, English, German, and French.
These presentations are included in this two-volume work, essential for every scholar and any general reader interested in delving into the work of the Apostle Paul, particularly the Letters to the Corinthians.
Presenters in Volume II: Dimitrios Kaimakis, Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Christos K. Karakolis, Anna Karamanidou, Anna Koltsiou-Nikita, Fr. Dimitrios Koutsouris, Christos Krikoni, Soultana Lamprou, Emmanouil Mikrogianakis, Konstantinos I. Belezos, Konstantinos Bozinis, Georgios Bozonis, Christos Oikonomou, Alexandra Palantza, Kyriakoula Papadimitriou, Stylianos G. Papadopoulos, Fr. Konstantinos Papathanasiou, Eleni Papakosta-Christinaki, Athanasios Paparnakis, Dimitrios Passakos, Evangelos Poneros, Stergios Sakos, Veloudia Sideri-Papadopoulou, Fr. Ioannis Skiadareis, Christos Terezi, Stamatios Chatzistamatiou, Jack Khalil, Matthias Konradt, Jan Lambrecht, Christof Landmesser, Hermann Lichtenberger, Andreas Lindemann, Eduard Lohse, Bruce W. Longenecker, Ulrich Luz, Wayne A. Meeks, David P. Moessner, Mark D. Nanos, Konstantin Nikolakopoulos, Romano Penna, Petr Pokorny, Dieter Sanger, Jacques Schlosser, Udo Schnelle, Turid Karlsen Seim, Lauri Thuren, Joseph Verheyden, Johan S. Vos, Klaus Wachtel, Wendell Willis, Bruce Winter, Michael Wolter, Dieter Zeller.
The presentations include:
- Dimitrios Kaimakis, "2 Cor. 12:2-4 and the heavenly world in Jewish apocalyptic literature"
- Ioannis Karavidopoulos, "Idol and image. The religious pluralism of Corinth and the apostolic preaching of the Apostle Paul"
- Christos Karakolis, "The beating of the chief synagogue ruler Sosthenes (Acts 18:17). The significance of a narrative detail"
- Anna Karamanidou, "Interpretative contributions of Saint Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain to the two Letters to the Corinthians"
- Jack Khalil, "The meaning of 'new creation' in 2 Cor 5:17"
- Anna Koltsiou-Nikita, "The Letters to the Corinthians and the Unionist Literature of the 14th century: The case of Dimitrios Kydonis"
- Matthias Konradt, "Freedom and Ethics in 1 Cor. A sketch"
- Dimitrios Koutsouris, "The use of the Letters of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians in the work of Clement of Alexandria"
- Christos Krikoni, "The support of the community of the Church of Rome to the Church of Corinth to resolve a dispute"
- Jan Lambrecht, ""For whenever I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Cor 12:10b)"
- Soultana Lamprou, "The passage 1 Cor. 3:12-15 interpreted by Saint Mark of Ephesus the Eminent (Discussion about purgatorial fire)"
- Christof Landmesser, "Freedom in Corinth"
- Hermann Lichtenberger, "The 1st Letter of Clement and the Church of Corinth"
- Andreas Lindemann, "Word and knowledge. Paul as 'Rhetor' in the Second Letter to the Corinthians"
- Eduard Lohse, "St. Paul’s arrival at Corinth and his first preaching there - What do we learn from his letters to Corinth about this subject?"
- Bruce Longenecker, ""Dating the origin of Paul’s collection for the saints in Judaea: The Corinthian contribution"
- Ulrich Luz, "The Corinthian community prophecy in the context of early Christian prophecy"
- Wayne Meeks, "What Did Corinth Teach Paul?"
- David Moessner, ""And all were baptized into Moses... and the rock was Christ": Moses as `Typos` of a Faithless Israel in Paul’s Warnings of Idolatry to the Church at Corinth (1 Cor. 10:1-22)"
- Konstantinos Belezos, ""Praying" and "prophesying" in the Church of Corinth: Rhetorical-theological interpretive approach to 1 Cor. 11:3-16 (Contribution to research on the status of women according to the Apostle Paul)"
- Konstantinos Bozinis, "Political Love: The interpretation of 1 Corinthians 13:13 by John Chrysostom"
- Georgios Bozonis, "The Philosophical Reflection of the Apostle Paul (Comparative investigation of the First Letter to the Corinthians and the Letter to the Romans with Paul’s Speech in Athens)"
- Mark Nanos, "Why the 'Weak' in 1 Corinthians 8:10 were not Christ-believers"
- Konstantin Nikolakopoulos, "Paul's 'Rhetorics' in the Weak. Exegetical considerations on 2 Cor 12:6-10"
- Christos Oikonomou, "The 'factions' of Corinth and the problem of the opponents of the Apostle Paul in contemporary research. Critical presentation"
- Alexandra Palantza, "The use of the terms 'prophecy', 'to prophesy', 'prophet' in the First Letter to the Corinthians by the Apostle Paul"
- Kyriakoula Papadimitriou, "The greeting of peace in the Letters to the Corinthians. Comparative and cultural analysis of the New Testament greeting"
- Konstantinos Papathanasiou, "The pattern of the uniqueness of God and its soteriological implications according to 1 Cor. 8:4-6"
- Eleni Papakosta-Christinaki, "Love in the Old Testament in the light of 1 Cor. 13"
- Athanasios Paparnakis, "The 'veil' of the Law and the 'illumination' of the Gospel in 2 Cor. 3. Patristic view"
- Dimitrios Passakos, "The 'relativization' of the primordial Christian preaching by the Apostle Paul: Academic ideologies and the testimony of sources"
- Romano Penna, ""A corruptible crown and an incorruptible one". A neglected parallelism between 1 Cor IX, 24-27 and Mousonius Rufus VII"
- Petr Pokorny, "St. Paul’s Corinthian Correspondence and the Earliest Christian Tradition"
- Evangelos Poneros, "Jesus Christ and the Gospel in the two Letters to the Corinthians by the Apostle Paul"
- Dieter Sanger, "The contribution of the Letters to the Corinthians to the localization of recipients and the dating of the Galatian letter"
- Stergios Sakos, "The Anonymous Brothers in the Second Letter to the Corinthians"
- Jacques Schlosser, "The Kingdom of God in 1 Cor 4:20"
- Udo Schnelle, "Corinth and the development of Pauline eschatology"
- Turid Karlsen Seim, "Paul's Discourse on Desire and Devotion in 1 Corinthians 7"
- Veloudia Sideri-Papadopoulou, "The use of the Old Testament in the First and Second Letters to the Corinthians"
- Ioannis Skiadareis, "The problematic and interpretation of 2 Cor 5:3"
- Lauri Thuren, "The Corinthian Heresies Revisited - A rhetorical perspective on the historical situation"
- Joseph Verheyden, "Talkative Christians and Noisy Pagans in Corinth. 'Gongs and Cymbals' in 1 Corinthians 13:1"
- Johan Vos, "On the interpretation of 1 Cor 2:15 in the Reformation period"
- Klaus Wachtel, "We and the Others: Keywords characterizing the relationship between Christians and pagans in Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians"
- Wendell Willis, "The 'table of demons': Pagan Sacrifice and Christian Eucharist"
- Bruce W. Winter, "Identifying the Offering, the Cup and the Table of the 'Demons' in 1 Cor 10:20-21"
- Michael Wolter, "The Ekklesia and everyday life. The First Letter to the Corinthians as a source for the emergence of Christian ethics"
- Stamatios Chatzistamatiou, "Our tribulation that happened in Asia" (2 Cor. 1:8): A pastoral silence"
- Dieter Zeller, "Against what does Paul defend himself in 1 Cor 9?"