Martyrdom and Noble Death : Selected Texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian Antiquity
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0415138906
ISBN-13
9780415138901
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 7th, 2002
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
386 grams
Product Classification:
Religion & beliefsEthnic minorities & multicultural studiesSociology: death & dying
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This volume explores the fascinating phenomenon of noble death through pagan, Jewish and Christian sources. The cross-cultural approach of this study make it valuable for students and scholars.
This volume explores the fascinating phenomenon of noble death through pagan, Jewish and Christian sources. Today''s society is uncomfortable with death, and willingly submitting to a violent and ostentatious death in public is seen as particularly shocking and unusual. Yet classical sources give a different view, with public self-sacrifice often being applauded. The Romans admired a heroic end in the battlefield or the arena, suicide in the tradition of Socrates was something laudable, and Christians and Jews alike faithfully commemorated their heroes who died during religious persecutions. The cross-cultural approach and wide chronological range of this study make it valuable for students and scholars of ancient history, religion and literature.
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