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Journal articles on the topic "Hellenistic religion"

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Mellor, Ronald, and Jon D. Mikalson. "Religion in Hellenistic Athens." American Historical Review 104, no. 5 (1999): 1724. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2649463.

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Johnston, Sarah Iles, and Jon D. Mikalson. "Religion in Hellenistic Athens." Classical World 93, no. 2 (1999): 214. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4352403.

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Harrington, J. Drew. "Religion in Hellenistic Athens." History: Reviews of New Books 27, no. 2 (1999): 86–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03612759.1999.10528349.

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Rüpke, Jörg. "Hellenistic and Roman Empires and Euro-Mediterranean Religion." Journal of Religion in Europe 3, no. 2 (2010): 197–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187489210x501509.

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AbstractThis article argues that two important phenomena that are characteristic for the image and self-image of religions in and beyond Europe can be traced to Mediterranean antiquity in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The first is the transformation of religious practices and beliefs that led to the formation of boundary-conscious and knowledge-based religious groups that could be called 'religions.' At the same time, however, religious individuality is shown to be much more important than is usually admitted in dealing with ancient pre-Christian religion. The first process is clearly gaining in momentum during the period analysed, as is shown by the history of several important terms and organisational developments; the second area does not allow a clear judgment on any progressive individualisation. The concept of axial ages is applied to stress the role of empire in these processes.
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Martin, Luther. "Cognitive Science, Ritual, and the Hellenistic Mystery Religions." Religion and Theology 13, no. 3-4 (2006): 383–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157430106779024644.

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AbstractMuch research in the cognitive science of religion has dealt with ritual. Two forms of ritual have been focused on, those characterised by repetition and routinisation, the characteristic most often attributed ritual, and the less noted forms in which ritual performance is infrequent and irregular but highly emotional and arousing. I hope, in this essay, to suggest the utility of cognitive theorising for the historical study of ritual with examples from the religions of the Roman Empire, especially, the Hellenistic Mystery Religions and the early Christianities, and to arouse interest in pursuing such studies further in the history of religions.
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Lankila, Tuomo. "Post-Hellenistic Philosophy, Neoplatonism, and the Doxastic Turn in Religion: Continuities and Ruptures in Ancient Reflections on Religion." NUMEN 63, no. 2-3 (2016): 147–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341418.

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This article is inspired by Peter Van Nuffelen’s comparison between post-Hellenistic philosophy and Neoplatonism. The article defends the thesis of a fundamental break between ancient religions and new universal religions which became prevalent at the end of late antiquity. This break concerns not only fundamental doctrines but also the principles of how religious communities were constituted. There was a shift from the world of practice-oriented and reciprocally recognizing cults to the world of exclusive theocracies whose mindset emphasizes doctrinal confession. Some seeds of such a “doxastic turn” are to be seen in the post-Hellenistic philosophy and especially in the dogmatic tendencies of Middle Platonism. Thus, there is an observable route from the post-Hellenistic thought towards late ancient universal religions.Neoplatonism’s role in this historical drama is not that of precursor but, rather, it represents a deviation from the main line.
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Richardson, Peter. "Identity, Religion and Historiography: Studies in Hellenistic History." Journal of Jewish Studies 50, no. 2 (1999): 319–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.18647/2211/jjs-1999.

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Brovkin, Vladimir. "The critics of religion in early Hellenistic philosophy." ΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 13, no. 2 (2019): 637–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.25205/1995-4328-2019-13-2-637-647.

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This article discusses the socio-historical conditions of the formation of criticism of religious representations in Greek philosophy in the period of early Hellenism. It is established that the formation of this criticism according to Epicurus, Theodorus, Bion and Euhemerus was influenced by the following factors. First, it is the rapid development of the cult of Hellenistic kings. Secondly, it is the emergence of new influential gods, the growing popularity of the Eastern gods in Greece, and religious syncretism. Thirdly, it is a gradual weakening of the traditional cult of the Olympian gods. Fourthly, it is the crisis of the polis, which contributed to the growth of individualism, weakening of religious and moral norms.
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Forbes, Christopher. "Early Christian Inspired Speech and Hellenistic Popular Religion." Novum Testamentum 28, no. 3 (1986): 257–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853686x00156.

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Anson, Edward M. "Religion and Alexander the Great." Karanos. Bulletin of Ancient Macedonian Studies 5 (December 15, 2022): 51–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5565/rev/karanos.94.

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Alexander the Great was religiously both a man of his time and the catalyst for change in the pattern of Greek religious life. He accepted the ubiquity of divine presence in the world and participated actively in the practice of Greek paganism, but he was also imbued with his own importance which evolved over time into a belief in his own divinity. This belief and the desire for such recognition led to the worship of Hellenistic kings as mortal gods.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Hellenistic religion"

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Constantinou, Maria. "Demeter in Hellenistic poetry : religion and poetics." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9943.

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The thesis examines the presence of Demeter in Hellenistic poetry, while it also considers the way contemporary Demeter cult informs the poetic image of the goddess. My research focuses on certain poems in which Demeter is in the foreground, that is, Philitas’ Demeter, Callimachus’ Hymn to Demeter, Theocritus’ Idyll 7, and Philicus’ Hymn to Demeter, supplemented by the epilogue of Callimachus’ Hymn to Apollo and Philicus’ Hymn to Demeter. The first part of my study is dedicated to the presentation of the evidence for Demeter’s role in the religious life of places that are directly or indirectly associated with the poems I discuss, that is, Egypt, Cyrene, Cos and Cnidus, in order to establish the cultic and historical framework within which Demeter’s literary figure appears. In the second part I closely examine the poems that feature Demeter and conclude that the goddess and motifs closely linked with her have poetological significance, which supports the view that Demeter functions as a symbol of poetics. Furthermore, I examine the social elements in the narrative of the most extant Hellenistic poem on Demeter, i.e. Callimachus’ Hymn to Demeter, and propose that these reflect Demeter’s role as a ‘social’ goddess.
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Haysom, Monica. "Time and religion in Hellenistic Athens : an interpretation of the Little Metropolis frieze." Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/3277.

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Two stones that form a part of the spolia on the Little Metropolis church (Aghios Eleutherios) in central Athens consist of a frieze depicting a calendar year. The thesis begins with a Preface that discusses the theoretical approaches used. An Introduction follows which, for reference, presents the 41 images on the frieze using the 1932 interpretation of Ludwig Deubner. After evaluating previous studies in Chapter 1, the thesis then presents an exploration of the cultural aspects of time in ancient Greece (Chapter 2). A new analysis of the frieze, based on ancient astronomy, dates the frieze to the late Hellenistic period (Chapter 3); a broad study of Hellenistic calendars identifies it as Macedonian (Chapter 4), and suggests its original location and sponsor (Chapter 5). The thesis presents an interpretation of the frieze that brings the conclusions of these chapters together, developing an argument that includes the art, religion and philosophy of Athenian society contemporary with the construction of the frieze. Given the date, the Macedonian connection and the link with an educational establishment, the final Chapter 6 presents an interpretation based not on the addition of individual images but on the frieze subject matter as a whole. This chapter shows that understanding the frieze is dependent on a number of aspects of the world of artistic connoisseurship in an elite, educated audience of the late Hellenistic period. Important is an awareness of their intellectual appreciation of the perfection of the cosmos and the links between this comprehension of a rational domain and religion. Coupling their wonder at these two spheres with the custom for enjoying enigmatic pieces of work leads to a conclusion that the frieze attempts to relate religion and astronomy, rather than present a straight-forward calendrical list of events.
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Moss, Kelly Ann, and Kelly Ann Moss. "The Development and Diffusion of the Cult of Isis in the Hellenistic Period." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624095.

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During the 4th century BCE and the Hellenistic period (323 – 31 BCE), the cult of Isis increasingly appeared outside of Egypt throughout the Greek world. The widespread diffusion of her cult at this time occurred due to Alexander III of Macedon’s conquest of the Achaemenid Empire. His conquest of the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt led to the reorganization of the Greek world politically and economically. This reorganization influenced the religious atmosphere of the 4th century BCE and subsequent centuries for Greeks. Popular cults, like the mysteries of Demeter and Dionysus, often focused on the afterlife and individuals more than poleis. Isis fit the new religious atmosphere since she was a universal goddess with ties to the afterlife and daily life. Under the Ptolemies, Isis became syncretized with Greek deities, such as Aphrodite and Demeter, which resulted in the increased likelihood of the reception of Isis's cult in Greek cities. Her Alexandrian cult emphasized sailing and healing through her connections with the Pharos and the healing cult of Serapis, her consort in the Ptolemaic Egyptian pantheon. Through a case study of sites with shrines dedicated to Isis in the Greek world, including Athens, Corinth, and Delos, it is evident that these sites had political and economic ties to Egypt and that her cult was often adapted at these sites based on the needs of the people at that location. Previous scholarship regarding the cult of Isis has emphasized her role in Egypt during the Pharaonic period or her reception among the Greeks and Romans from the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. There is little literature that emphasizes Isis's reception during the 4th century BCE and early Ptolemaic period when her cult was first appearing at Greek sites or that discusses the relationship between Isis’s cult and the political and economic factors of the Hellenistic period. This thesis attempts to examine the development of the cult of Isis in Egypt in order to trace the Hellenistic religious domain of Isis back to the potential origins during the Pharaonic and Macedonian periods in Egypt. I argue that Isis's role as a protectress and establishment in Alexandria as a deity associated with sailors and navigation led to Isis’s reception in Greece first in ports, such as Piraeus, Corinth, and Delos. Furthermore, while sailing was important to the spread and reception of her cult during a period with increased economic activity, Isis gained popularity at these sites due to her vast patronages that increased the likelihood of her appeal to a variety of people and sites. The adaptability of her cult led to the widespread diffusion during the Hellenistic age, and the endurance of her cult into the Roman period. Her role as a seafaring protectress starting from the 4th century BCE indicates that there was a focus on economics and travel that resulted in a preoccupation with fortune and safety. Isis was a natural fit, as a protectress deity, for the religious landscape of the Hellenistic zeitgeist.
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Hardiman, Craig I. "The nature of Hellenistic domestic sculpture in its cultural and spatial contexts." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1117560146.

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Pakkanen, Petra. "Interpreting early Hellenistic religion : a study based on the mystery cult of Demeter and the cult of Isis /." Helsinki : Suomen Ateenan-instituutin säâtiö, 1996. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb376437376.

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Connor, Matthew M. "“Baptism on Behalf of the Dead”: 1 Corinthians 15:29 in its Hellenistic Context." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1292184824.

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Stone, Peter J. "Ritual Dining, Drinking, and Dedication at Stymphalos: A Case Study in the Influence of “Popular” Culture on Religion." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1172850651.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.<br>Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Apr. 18, 2007). Includes abstract. Keywords: Greek sanctuaries; Ritual dining; Communal dining; Religion and society; Hellenistic ceramics; Stymphalos. Includes bibliographical references.
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Ekroth, Gunnel. "The sacrificial rituals of Greek hero-cults in the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods." Stockholm : Stockholm University, 1999. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/45235765.html.

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DeBord, Charles Eugene. "Two responses to a moment in the question of transcendence: a study of first boundaries in Plotinean and Kabbalistic cosmogonical metaphysics." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/445.

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This thesis contrasts the Plotinean attitude towards transcendence at the cosmological level with that of certain Kabbalistic authors of the 13th-17th century. Special emphasis is placed on the different approaches taken by each of the two sides to addressing the origin of otherness. Following a brief introduction to the notion of the question of transcendence, the first major part (chapter II) is dedicated to an exploration of the Plotinean conception of metaphysical "descent" from the One to subsequent hypostases. The second major part (chapter III) focuses on Kabbalistic conceptions of the descent from the indefinite infinite to the finite (limited) realm. Finally, I attempt to illustrate the questions and concerns common to each of the two cosmologies. In so doing, I make use of semiotic concepts to clarify the contrast between the two models.
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Kim, Keunjoo. "Theology and identity of the Egyptian Jewish diaspora in Septuagint of Isaiah." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3a0507b0-32ad-419d-8a94-84cd2b76e856.

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The Old Greek version of the Book of Isaiah (hereafter LXX-Is) should be studied not only as a translation but also as an interpretation reflecting the theology of the translator or translator’s community in Egypt. ‘Free’ translation in LXX-Is usually appears not to originate from any misunderstanding of the probable Hebrew Vorlage or from a different Vorlage, but deliberately and consciously. Also it is important that these Greek renderings should be dealt with in a broader context, not merely verse by verse; because the Septuagint seems to have been regarded as a religious text in itself, circulating among Jews in Egypt. The most conspicuous theme in Septuagint Isaiah is a bold declaration concerning their identity. According to this, the Jewish diaspora in Egypt is the true remnant, and their residence in Egypt should be regarded as due to God’s initiative, thus “Eisodos” instead of “Exodus” is emphasized. Such ideas may be understood as displaying an apologetic concern of the Jewish diaspora to defend their continued residence in Egypt, whereas the Bible states firmly that Jews are not to go down there. Judgments against Egypt appear more strongly than MT, and this is another expression of their identity. LXX-Is supplies a bold translation in 19:18: a temple in Egypt, called the ‘city of righteousness’. The writings of Josephus testify to the existence of the Temple of Onias in Heliopolis under the reign of Ptolemy Philometor who apparently showed great favour towards the Jews. The temple’s significance should be considered as more than a temporary shrine for local Jewish mercenaries. Rather, it aimed to be a new Jerusalem under a lawful Zadokite priest. In addition to this, LXX-Is shares some interesting and distinctive ideas with Hellenistic Jewish literature, including views on priests and sacrifice, and an attitude towards foreign kings shared by Hellenistic Jewish literature of the period. To conclude, through comparing with MT and investigating LXX-Is as it stands, this work shows that LXX-Is is not just a translation but a Hellenistic Jewish document reflecting a particular theology of at least some Jews in Egypt. LXX-Is is shown to have its place within Jewish Hellenistic literature.
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Books on the topic "Hellenistic religion"

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Religion in Hellenistic Athens. University of California Press, 1998.

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Hellenistic religions: An introduction. Oxford University Press, 1987.

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editor, Harder Annette, Regtuit, R. F. (Remco F.), editor, and Wakker G. C. editor, eds. Gods and religion in Hellenistic poetry. Peeters, 2012.

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Graninger, Denver. Cult and koinon in Hellenistic Thessaly. Brill, 2011.

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Egyptianizing figurines from Delos: A study in Hellenistic religion. Brill, 2011.

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Cult and koinon in Hellenistic Thessaly. Brill, 2011.

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Emilio, Gabba, and Smith Morton 1915-, eds. Religions and politics in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Edizioni New Press, 1985.

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Arnaoutoglou, Ilias. Thusias heneka kai sunousias: Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Academy of Athens, 2003.

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Corrington, Gail Paterson. The " divine man": His origin and function in Hellenistic popular religion. P. Lang, 1986.

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Economy of the sacred in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor. Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Book chapters on the topic "Hellenistic religion"

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Bobou, Olympia. "Children’s roles in Hellenistic religion." In Children in Antiquity. Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315542812-29.

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Lössl, Josef. "Religion in the Hellenistic and Early Post-Hellenistic Era." In A Companion to Religion in Late Antiquity. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118968130.ch2.

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Dickie, Matthew W. "Magic in Classical and Hellenistic Greece." In A Companion to Greek Religion. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470996911.ch24.

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Johnson, Lee A. "Dining and Dunking the Dead: Postmortem Rituals in First-Century Hellenistic Society and What They Reveal About the Role of the Body in Christianity." In Religion and Human Enhancement. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62488-4_18.

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Parker, Robert. "Women’s Religion in Hellenistic Athens." In Sidelights on Greek Antiquity. De Gruyter, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110699326-011.

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"6 Demos and the Charités." In Religion in Hellenistic Athens. University of California Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520919679-008.

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"2 The Decade of Demetrios of Phaleron." In Religion in Hellenistic Athens. University of California Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520919679-004.

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"BIBLIOGRAPHY." In Religion in Hellenistic Athens. University of California Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520919679-013.

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"8 Indian Summer." In Religion in Hellenistic Athens. University of California Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520919679-010.

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"APPENDIX: CROSS-REFERENCES FOR EPIGRAPHICAL TEXTS." In Religion in Hellenistic Athens. University of California Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520919679-012.

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