Contextualising Early Christian Martyrdom
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity
ISBN-10
3631595131
ISBN-13
9783631595138
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
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Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 23rd, 2010
Print length
278 Pages
Weight
528 grams
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16.30 x 23.70 x 2.00 cms
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Contextualising Early Christian Martyrdom
This collection of essays examines Christian martyrdom by locating it in different historical, cultural and social contexts. Chronologically, the book analyses traditions predating the Christian martyr literature and ideology proper, and studies an example of how this ideology was transformed in the post-Constantinian era. Within this chronological span the following contextual themes are discussed: the arena and the values represented by gladiatorial combat and executions; the reaction of ‘others’ to Christian martyrdom and martyr ideology; how Christians differentiated suicide from martyrdom; the relationship between Christian apologetic literature and martyr literature; and the conceptions of gender and sexuality in Jewish and Christian martyr literature in their Greco-Roman setting.
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