Martyrdom and noble death : selected texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian antiquity

著者

• Henten, J. W. van
• Avemarie, Friedrich

書誌事項

Martyrdom and noble death : selected texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian antiquity

Jan Willem van Henten and Friedrich Avemarie

Routledge, 2002

注記

Bibliography: p. 177-191

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This volume explores the fascinating phenomenon of noble death through pagan, Jewish and Christian sources. Today's society is uncomfortable with death, and willingly submitting to a violent and ostentatious death in public is seen as particularly shocking and unusual. Yet classical sources give a different view, with public self-sacrifice often being applauded. The Romans admired a heroic end in the battlefield or the arena, suicide in the tradition of Socrates was something laudable, and Christians and Jews alike faithfully commemorated their heroes who died during religious persecutions. The cross-cultural approach and wide chronological range of this study make it valuable for students and scholars of ancient history, religion and literature.

目次

• 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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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA63019710
• ISBN:
  • 0415138906
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London ; New York
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 200 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 306.9