Spirituality and law : courting martyrdom in Christianity and Judaism
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Spirituality and law : courting martyrdom in Christianity and Judaism
（Studies in Judaism）
University Press of America, c2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-144) and index
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Description
Spirituality and Law is an in-depth evaluation of martyrdom impulses in Christianity and Judaism. Author Abraham Gross analyzes the spiritual yearning of martyrdom in each religion over a period of 1,500 years, from the 2nd to the 16th century. Special attention is given to the Roman period, 9th century Cordova, and 13th-15th century Franciscans.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Martyrs and Martyrdom in the Ancient World: Christian Martyrdom During the Roman Period
- The Hadrianic Persecutions: Rabbi Hanina ben Teradion and Rabbi Akiva Chapter 3 The Middle Ages: Christianity
- The Martyrs of Cordova
- The Franciscan Tradition
- Summary
- Judaism
- CourtingKiddush ha-Shem in Jewish Folklore
- Medieval Ashkenaz
- Flee or Die?
- Hasidei Ashkenaz
- One Case of Courting Death-A German Proselyte Chapter 4 Guilt, Expiation, and Curing Death in the Sixteenth Century: John Bradford: A Disguised Suicide
- Solomon Malkho: The Spiritual Biography of a "New Christian"
- First Period: Portugal-A "New Christian" Between Judaism and Christianity
- Second Period: Chapter 5 Appendix A: Don Lope de Vera y Alarcon: A Spanish Proselyte-Martyr Chapter 6 Appendix B: Courting Martyrdom in a Jewish-Christian Polemic from Seventeenth Century Amsterdam Chapter 7 Appendix C: Some Early Modern Rabbinic Sources Related to Courting Death Chapter 8 Appendix D: Hebrew Sources Chapter 9 Appendix E: Malkho's Battle Banner Chapter 10 Selected Bibliography Chapter 11 Index
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