Theodora Suk Fong Jim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3093681 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theodora Suk Fong Jim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theodora Suk Fong |
| FAMILY NAME | Jim |
| SIGNATURE | JIM T S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3052-6487 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Hans Beck & Julia Kindt, The Local Horizon of Ancient Greek Religion
Localism and regionalism have become very popular of late in the study of ancient Greek history and religion.Alongside an increasing number of monographs on local religious systems, a seven-volume Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World is currently under preparation, which studies ambitiously the history, material culture and religion of some 30 sites, sanctuaries and regions across Archaic Greece.Kindt's and Beck's new volume is a continuatio…
A World of Saviours
The chapter traces how the trans-divine epithet Soter spread from one god to another and across the Greek Mediterranean after its earliest attestations in the late Archaic period. While the application of different epithets to the same god has been the subject of various studies, the reverse process—the use of the same epithet for different divinities—remains largely unexplored. If, in theory, all the Greek gods had the power to ‘save’ in one way…
Between Men and Gods
In the Hellenistic period monarchs could receive isotheoi timai and the title of ‘saviour’. While ruler worship has been extensively studied by modern historians, the crossover between divine and royal epithets has received little attention as royal titles are usually subsumed within the phenomenon of ruler cults. Where they are tackled, Hellenistic kings tend to be studied in isolation from their divine counterparts and other (non-royal) human b…
Soteria in Ancient Greece and Early Christianity
The final chapter moves beyond Classical and Hellenistic Greece to compare ancient Greek and early Christian uses of soter and soteria : where the Christian notion of soteria came from, how the terms were used and with what significance, and the extent to which they differed from or overlapped with ancient Greek uses. In particular, it asks whether Greek eschatological hopes were ever expressed in the language of soteria or in quite different ter…
Saving the Community
In contrast to Christianity, the Greek concept of soteria had an important public dimension as well as a private one. This chapter investigates the wide-ranging power of ‘saviour’ gods in the lived religious experience of Greek communities. Drawing on honorific decrees, dedicatory inscriptions, so-called sacred laws, and epiphanies and miracles performed by the gods, it explores the full range of saving experiences and concerns of communities at …
Conclusion
Long before the rise of Christianity, soteria was already widely sought from the gods in ancient Greece; it was central and fundamental in the relationship between the Greeks and their gods. The impressive number of ‘saving’ divinities and their ubiquity all over the Greek world reflect the risks and dangers which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, and the fears and uncertainties associated with them in the minds of the Greeks. By contra…
Individual ‘Salvation’
This chapter shifts attention from Greek communities to ordinary individuals, a group which has often been neglected in existing studies of Greek religion. Soteria was sought in an array of circumstances ranging from seafaring to childbirth, healing, farming, herding, warfare, material security, and so on. What connected soteria in these seemingly distinct spheres of activities? What roles did ‘saviour’ gods play in the everyday life of the Greek…
Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece
From the Archaic to the Roman imperial period, an impressive number of gods and goddesses are attested in the Greek world under the titles of Soter and Soteira (‘Saviour’). Overseeing the protection of individuals and cities, these gods had the power to grant and withdraw an essential blessing― soteria (‘deliverance’, ‘preservation’, ‘safety’). This book investigates what it meant to be ‘saved’ and the underlying concept of soteria in ancient Gre…
Le Polythéisme grec à l’épreuve d’Hérodote
The last half century has seen a dazzling array of new approaches in the study of Greek polytheism. Moving away from a polis-centred model into which every student of Greek religion was once initiated, scholars have now advocated alternative frameworks ranging from ‘personal’ and ‘lived’ religion, to ‘network’ analyses, comparative perspectives, and the application of cognitive theories. Pirenne-Delforge’s latest book is a nuanced response to rec…
Private Participation in Ruler Cults
Hellenistic ruler cult has generated much scholarly interest and an enormous bibliography; yet, existing studies have tended to focus on the communal character of the phenomenon, whereas the role of private individuals (if any) in ruler worship has attracted little attention. This article seeks to redress this neglect. The starting point of the present study is an inscription Διὶ | καὶ βασιλεῖ | Φιλίππωι Σωτῆρι on a rectangular marble plaque from…
Salvation' (Soteria) and Ancient Mystery Cults
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was often held that ancient mystery cults were 'religions of salvation' (Erlösungsreligionen). Such interpretations have been criticised by Walter Burkert in Ancient Mystery Cults (1987), who argued against the other-worldly character of Greek mysteries. Burkert's work remains one of the most important studies of mystery cults today; nevertheless it does not examine the actual use of the Greek word so…
A Network of Aparchai
A/eparchai and Dekatai in Cult Finance
Aparchai in the Great List of Thasian Theôroi
One of the most baffling inscriptions has come down to us from the so-called ‘Passage of the Theôroi ’ at Thasos. Situated at the north-eastern entrance of the ancient agora, and consisting originally of two walls on either side of a path paved by marble, the monumental passage way had a long list of names inscribed on the inside of its western wall; this is the so-called ‘great list of Thasian theôroi ’. Two of its constituent lists bear the hea…
Sharing with the Gods
This book provides a comprehensive account of the offering all over the Greek world of so-called 'first-fruits' (aparchai) and 'tithes' (dekatai) from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period (c. 700 to 31 B.C.). Existing studies of Greek religion tend to focus on ritual performance, but this book investigates questions of religious belief and mentality: why the Greeks presented these gifts to the gods, and what their behaviour tells us about their …
The Nature of the Religious Dispute in Thucydides 1.25.4
In his account of the events leading up to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides tells us that in 435 b.c. the Epidamnians decided to transfer their allegiance from Corcyra to Corinth in accordance with the Delphic oracle, whereupon the Corinthians agreed to support Epidamnus against their own colony Corcyra. One of the reasons given is that the Corinthians hated the Corcyraeans for their contempt for their mother city, as ‘in their c…
The vocabulary of ἀπάρχεσθαι, ἀπαρχή and related terms in Archaic and Classical Greece
While the vocabulary of sacrifice has been the subject of detailed studies,1 the terms of votive offerings in ancient Greece still lack a semantic survey of their own. I am here interested in a particular type of offering, the so-called ‘first-fruit’ offerings, in Archaic and Classical Greece. It was a common practice in different parts of the Greek world for individuals and cities to bring an offering termed ἀπαρχή to the gods using a portion of…
Sharing with the Gods
This book provides a comprehensive account of the offering all over the Greek world of so-called 'first-fruits' (aparchai) and 'tithes' (dekatai) from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period (c. 700 to 31 B.C.). Existing studies of Greek religion tend to focus on ritual performance, but this book investigates questions of religious belief and mentality: why the Greeks presented these gifts to the gods, and what their behaviour tells us about their …
Private Participation in Ruler Cults
Hellenistic ruler cult has generated much scholarly interest and an enormous bibliography; yet, existing studies have tended to focus on the communal character of the phenomenon, whereas the role of private individuals (if any) in ruler worship has attracted little attention. This article seeks to redress this neglect. The starting point of the present study is an inscription Διὶ | καὶ βασιλεῖ | Φιλίππωι Σωτῆρι on a rectangular marble plaque from…
The vocabulary of ἀπάρχεσθαι, ἀπαρχή and related terms in Archaic and Classical Greece
While the vocabulary of sacrifice has been the subject of detailed studies,1 the terms of votive offerings in ancient Greece still lack a semantic survey of their own. I am here interested in a particular type of offering, the so-called ‘first-fruit’ offerings, in Archaic and Classical Greece. It was a common practice in different parts of the Greek world for individuals and cities to bring an offering termed ἀπαρχή to the gods using a portion of…
Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece
From the Archaic to the Roman imperial period, an impressive number of gods and goddesses are attested in the Greek world under the titles of Soter and Soteira (‘Saviour’). Overseeing the protection of individuals and cities, these gods had the power to grant and withdraw an essential blessing― soteria (‘deliverance’, ‘preservation’, ‘safety’). This book investigates what it meant to be ‘saved’ and the underlying concept of soteria in ancient Gre…
Salvation' (Soteria) and Ancient Mystery Cults
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was often held that ancient mystery cults were 'religions of salvation' (Erlösungsreligionen). Such interpretations have been criticised by Walter Burkert in Ancient Mystery Cults (1987), who argued against the other-worldly character of Greek mysteries. Burkert's work remains one of the most important studies of mystery cults today; nevertheless it does not examine the actual use of the Greek word so…
Aparchai in the Great List of Thasian Theôroi
One of the most baffling inscriptions has come down to us from the so-called ‘Passage of the Theôroi ’ at Thasos. Situated at the north-eastern entrance of the ancient agora, and consisting originally of two walls on either side of a path paved by marble, the monumental passage way had a long list of names inscribed on the inside of its western wall; this is the so-called ‘great list of Thasian theôroi ’. Two of its constituent lists bear the hea…
The vocabulary of ἀπάρχεσθαι, ἀπαρχή and related terms in Archaic and Classical Greece
While the vocabulary of sacrifice has been the subject of detailed studies,1 the terms of votive offerings in ancient Greece still lack a semantic survey of their own. I am here interested in a particular type of offering, the so-called ‘first-fruit’ offerings, in Archaic and Classical Greece. It was a common practice in different parts of the Greek world for individuals and cities to bring an offering termed ἀπαρχή to the gods using a portion of…
The Nature of the Religious Dispute in Thucydides 1.25.4
In his account of the events leading up to the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides tells us that in 435 b.c. the Epidamnians decided to transfer their allegiance from Corcyra to Corinth in accordance with the Delphic oracle, whereupon the Corinthians agreed to support Epidamnus against their own colony Corcyra. One of the reasons given is that the Corinthians hated the Corcyraeans for their contempt for their mother city, as ‘in their c…
A Network of Aparchai
A/eparchai and Dekatai in Cult Finance
Aparchai in the Great List of Thasian Theôroi
One of the most baffling inscriptions has come down to us from the so-called ‘Passage of the Theôroi ’ at Thasos. Situated at the north-eastern entrance of the ancient agora, and consisting originally of two walls on either side of a path paved by marble, the monumental passage way had a long list of names inscribed on the inside of its western wall; this is the so-called ‘great list of Thasian theôroi ’. Two of its constituent lists bear the hea…
Sharing with the Gods
This book provides a comprehensive account of the offering all over the Greek world of so-called 'first-fruits' (aparchai) and 'tithes' (dekatai) from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period (c. 700 to 31 B.C.). Existing studies of Greek religion tend to focus on ritual performance, but this book investigates questions of religious belief and mentality: why the Greeks presented these gifts to the gods, and what their behaviour tells us about their …
Private Participation in Ruler Cults
Hellenistic ruler cult has generated much scholarly interest and an enormous bibliography; yet, existing studies have tended to focus on the communal character of the phenomenon, whereas the role of private individuals (if any) in ruler worship has attracted little attention. This article seeks to redress this neglect. The starting point of the present study is an inscription Διὶ | καὶ βασιλεῖ | Φιλίππωι Σωτῆρι on a rectangular marble plaque from…
Salvation' (Soteria) and Ancient Mystery Cults
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was often held that ancient mystery cults were 'religions of salvation' (Erlösungsreligionen). Such interpretations have been criticised by Walter Burkert in Ancient Mystery Cults (1987), who argued against the other-worldly character of Greek mysteries. Burkert's work remains one of the most important studies of mystery cults today; nevertheless it does not examine the actual use of the Greek word so…
Le Polythéisme grec à l’épreuve d’Hérodote
The last half century has seen a dazzling array of new approaches in the study of Greek polytheism. Moving away from a polis-centred model into which every student of Greek religion was once initiated, scholars have now advocated alternative frameworks ranging from ‘personal’ and ‘lived’ religion, to ‘network’ analyses, comparative perspectives, and the application of cognitive theories. Pirenne-Delforge’s latest book is a nuanced response to rec…
A World of Saviours
The chapter traces how the trans-divine epithet Soter spread from one god to another and across the Greek Mediterranean after its earliest attestations in the late Archaic period. While the application of different epithets to the same god has been the subject of various studies, the reverse process—the use of the same epithet for different divinities—remains largely unexplored. If, in theory, all the Greek gods had the power to ‘save’ in one way…
Between Men and Gods
In the Hellenistic period monarchs could receive isotheoi timai and the title of ‘saviour’. While ruler worship has been extensively studied by modern historians, the crossover between divine and royal epithets has received little attention as royal titles are usually subsumed within the phenomenon of ruler cults. Where they are tackled, Hellenistic kings tend to be studied in isolation from their divine counterparts and other (non-royal) human b…
Soteria in Ancient Greece and Early Christianity
The final chapter moves beyond Classical and Hellenistic Greece to compare ancient Greek and early Christian uses of soter and soteria : where the Christian notion of soteria came from, how the terms were used and with what significance, and the extent to which they differed from or overlapped with ancient Greek uses. In particular, it asks whether Greek eschatological hopes were ever expressed in the language of soteria or in quite different ter…
Saving the Community
In contrast to Christianity, the Greek concept of soteria had an important public dimension as well as a private one. This chapter investigates the wide-ranging power of ‘saviour’ gods in the lived religious experience of Greek communities. Drawing on honorific decrees, dedicatory inscriptions, so-called sacred laws, and epiphanies and miracles performed by the gods, it explores the full range of saving experiences and concerns of communities at …
Conclusion
Long before the rise of Christianity, soteria was already widely sought from the gods in ancient Greece; it was central and fundamental in the relationship between the Greeks and their gods. The impressive number of ‘saving’ divinities and their ubiquity all over the Greek world reflect the risks and dangers which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, and the fears and uncertainties associated with them in the minds of the Greeks. By contra…
Individual ‘Salvation’
This chapter shifts attention from Greek communities to ordinary individuals, a group which has often been neglected in existing studies of Greek religion. Soteria was sought in an array of circumstances ranging from seafaring to childbirth, healing, farming, herding, warfare, material security, and so on. What connected soteria in these seemingly distinct spheres of activities? What roles did ‘saviour’ gods play in the everyday life of the Greek…
Saviour Gods and Soteria in Ancient Greece
From the Archaic to the Roman imperial period, an impressive number of gods and goddesses are attested in the Greek world under the titles of Soter and Soteira (‘Saviour’). Overseeing the protection of individuals and cities, these gods had the power to grant and withdraw an essential blessing― soteria (‘deliverance’, ‘preservation’, ‘safety’). This book investigates what it meant to be ‘saved’ and the underlying concept of soteria in ancient Gre…
Hans Beck & Julia Kindt, The Local Horizon of Ancient Greek Religion
Localism and regionalism have become very popular of late in the study of ancient Greek history and religion.Alongside an increasing number of monographs on local religious systems, a seven-volume Oxford History of the Archaic Greek World is currently under preparation, which studies ambitiously the history, material culture and religion of some 30 sites, sanctuaries and regions across Archaic Greece.Kindt's and Beck's new volume is a continuatio…
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