Friedrich Avemarie, Jan Willem van Henten

Martyrdom and Noble Death

Selected Texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian Antiquity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 411g
• ISBN-13: 9780415138901
• ISBN-10: 0415138906
• Artikelnr.: 22174427

Autorenporträt

Jan Willem van Henten holds the chair in New Testament and Hellenistic Jewish literature at the University of Amsterdam. He is director of the Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion (NOSTER). His publications include Studies in Early Jewish Epigraphy (edited with P. W. van der Horst, 1994) and The Maccabean Martyrs as Saviours of the Jewish People (1997)., Friedrich Avemarie is a research and teaching assistant at the Institut für antikes Judentum und hellenistische Religionsgeschichte, Evangelisch-theologische Fakultät, University of Tübingen. His most recent publication is Die Taufberichte der Apostelgeschichte: Theologie und Geschichte (1999, 2001).

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 PAGAN TRADITIONS OF NOBLE DEATH
Chapter 2 NOBLE DEATH IN EARLY JEWISH SOURCES
Chapter 3 CHRISTIAN MARTYRS FROM THE FIRST TO THE THIRD CENTURY CE
Chapter 4 MARTYRDOM AND NOBLE DEATH IN THE RABBINIC TRADITION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Index

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INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 PAGAN TRADITIONS OF NOBLE DEATH; Chapter 2 NOBLE DEATH IN EARLY JEWISH SOURCES; Chapter 3 CHRISTIAN MARTYRS FROM THE FIRST TO THE THIRD CENTURY CE; Chapter 4 MARTYRDOM AND NOBLE DEATH IN THE RABBINIC TRADITION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index;