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Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds

Autor Shmuel Shepkaru
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 iul 2009
This book presents a linear history of Jewish martyrdom, from the Hellenistic period to the high Middle Ages. Following the chronology of sources, the study challenges the general consensus that martyrdom was an original Hellenistic Jewish idea. Instead, Jews like Philo and Josephus internalised the idealised Roman concept of voluntary death and presented it as an old Jewish practice. The centrality of self-sacrifice in Christianity further stimulated the development of rabbinic martyrology and the talmudic guidelines for passive martyrdom. However, when forced to choose between death and conversion in medieval Christendom, European Jews went beyond these guidelines, sacrificing themselves and loved ones. Through death not only did they attempt to prove their religiosity, but also to disprove the religious legitimacy of their Christian persecutors. While martyrs and martyrologies intended to show how Judaism differed from Christianity, they, in fact, reveal a common mindset.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521117418
ISBN-10: 0521117410
Pagini: 428
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Preface; Introduction; 1. Mythic martyrs; 2. Between God and Caesar; 3. 'It is written in the law'; 4. Byzantine burnt offerings; 5. Zarfat; 6. Ve Ashkenaz: traditional manifestations; 7. Ve Ashkenaz: manifestations of a milieu; 8. Singing in the fire; 9. Fire from heaven; 10. Shifting paradigms; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Recenzii

Review of the hardback: '… it is a solid book: the author has read and digested a great deal of literature, and has clearly reflected long and hard on the subject … thought-provoking …' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Descriere

An examination of Jewish martyrdom in the context of Christianity revealing their martyrological interaction.