synagog

I don't know the specific story (or age) of this artifact, but it is a testimony to the presence of a Jewish community in Corinth. What fraction of the Christian community in Corinth came from the synagogue is hard to say.

 

This is the Roman-era bema or speaker's platform.

Paul was in Corinth ca. 49-51 AD. While there, Acts records, he was brought before the proconsul Gallo, presumably here, or maybe in some other setting.

Cf. Acts 18:1-18 and 19:21, 20:1-

Paul's letters to Corinth date later, perhaps 57-60 AD.

 

 
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