More About Corinth

In The Setting of Corinth, we discussed Paul’s arrival and early ministry in Corinth between 49 and 51 CE.  We discussed how the new painting of the Mediterranean courtyard in our new museum nicely shows the city’s setting at a crossroads between the eastern and...

The Setting of Corinth

Paul, Silas, and Timothy arrive in Corinth from Athens This photo of our Mediterranean Sea Courtyard is looking from East to West. Athens is the white dot in the lower center of the photo.  In Acts 17 Paul, Silas and Timothy have been ministering in Macedonia and have...

Jesus as Savior and Healer

This Christmas we are erecting the head of our statue of the healing god Asclepius near the location on our Mediterranean Sea map of one of the largest healing centers in the Roman World.  Our reflection for this week’s news-letter is about how Jesus’ life’s work was...

Salted Fish Industry

Poor people in antiquity rarely could afford to eat meat.  This delicacy was mainly reserved for weddings or religious feasts.  Bread, vegetables and fruit were the major staples.  If, however, one lived along the shoreline of a body of water, fish consumption became...