Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds

Name: Jewish Martyrs in the Pagan and Christian Worlds
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ISBN: 9780521842815

ISBN-10: 0521842816

ISBN-13: 9780521842815

Edition: 2005

Authors: Shmuel Shepkaru

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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 Hellenisitc Jewish idea. Instead, Jews like Philo and Josephus internalized the idealized 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 choosed between death and conversion in medieval Christendom, Ashkenazic Jews went beyond these guidelines, sacrificing…

Book details

List price: $110.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/19/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 428
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.25" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.760
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



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


Notes


Bibliography


Index