Christ’s Members in Aphrodite’s City: Temple Prostitution and the Body in 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Corinth was a city where sex, money, worship, and civic life intertwined. Strabo’s testimony highlights the temple of Aphrodite, which owned thousands of temple-slaves and courtesans, contributing to the city’s wealth and reputation. This erotic life was deeply intertwined with the sacred economy of the time.