Jewish martyrs in the pagan and Christian worlds
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...
| Autres titres: | Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan & Christian Worlds |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2006.
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| Dans: | Année: 2006 |
| Recensions: | Shmuel Shepkaru, Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds (2008) (Henten, Jan Willem van, 1955 -)
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Judaïsme
B Martyrs / Histoire 300 avant J.-C.-1300 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Martyrdom
Judaism
History To 1500
B Martyrdom ; Judaism ; History ; To 1500 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
Print version: 9780521842815 |
| Résumé: | 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. Mythic martyrs -- Between God and Caesar -- "It is written in the law" -- Byzantine burnt offerings -- Zarfat -- Ve-Ashkenaz : traditional manifestations -- Ve-Ashkenaz : manifestations of a milieu -- Singing in the fire -- Fire from heaven -- Shifting paradigms |
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| Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511499116 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511499111 |