What did you learn about the social customs and historical setting of the earliest Christians and Paul that was new, surprising, and/or disturbing? Why? Provide page number(s) (p. 12) in your response.

this is a one and a half pages (no more than two pages!) reflection on questions drawn from Ben Witherington’s A Week in the Life of Corinth (InterVarsity Press, 2012). Please provide 1-2 solid paragraphs when answering each question (paragraph = theme statement with 4-5 sentences to support theme statement).
Briefly summarize the story in your own words in 1-2 paragraphs.
What did you learn about the social customs and historical setting of the earliest Christians and Paul that was new, surprising, and/or disturbing? Why? Provide page number(s) (p. 12) in your response.
What did you learn about the life and witness of the earliest Christians (in Corinth) that was new, surprising, and/or disturbing? What do you think would be the most difficult thing about being a Christ follower in Corinth? What would be the most joyful? Provide page number(s) (p. 12) in your response.
What did you learn about Corinth and the Acts 18:1-22 passage (upon which Witherington’s historical fiction is based) that was new, surprising, and/or disturbing? Why? Provide page number(s) (p. 12) in your response.

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