| Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds Contributor(s): Shepkaru, Shmuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521842816 ISBN-13: 9780521842815 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: Spanning the Hellenistic period to the high Middle Ages, this history of Jewish martyrdom challenges the general consensus that martyrdom was an original Hellenisitic Jewish idea. Instead, Jews like Philo and Josephus internalized the idealized Roman concept of voluntary death and presented it as an old Jewish practice. While martyrs and martyrologies intended to show how Judaisim differed from Christianity, they, in fact, reveal a common mindset. Although the medieval martyrological option was played down during the Holocaust, medieval martyrologies are still featured in contemporary Ashkenazic prayers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - History |
| Dewey: 296.33 |
| LCCN: 2005010535 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.32" W x 9.26" (1.57 lbs) 428 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |