Dr Theodora Jim visited the The Baron Thyssen Centre for the Study of Ancient Material Religion on the 21st November 2019, to give a paper entitled “Divine Saving and ‘Votive’ Religion in Ancient Greece”. After the seminar, Jessica Hughes and Theodora Jim were joined by John Maiden and Emma-Jayne Graham to record an audio discussion about understandings of divine saving in antiquity and beyond. The discussion also features the voice of Dr Sara Patterson, on Salvation Mountain in California.

Programme structure and timecodes:

0.00 Introduction.

0.43 Theodora Jim on the challenges of translating 'soteria', and the evidence for cults of 'saviour gods' in ancient Greece.

6.20 Emma-Jayne Graham on votive offerings from early Roman Italy, and their possible links to understandings of divine saving.

12.25 John Maiden on divine saving in Christianity, including the textual traditions of the Old and New Testaments, and the practice of dedicating ex-votos in Mexico.

19.50 Sara Patterson on Salvation Mountain.

28.17 Studio responses to Sara Patterson.

34.10 Theodora Jim on a votive relief from the Asklepeieon at Athens.

36.38 Emma-Jayne Graham on the votive 'open torso' busts from early Roman Italy.

38.51 John Maiden on the Exodus narrative.

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