Divine deliverance : pain and painlessness in Early Christian martyr texts
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Divine deliverance : pain and painlessness in Early Christian martyr texts
（The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature）
University of California Press, c2017
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"A Joan Palevsky book in classical literature"--On jacket cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-232) and index
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内容説明
Does martyrdom hurt? The obvious answer to this question is "yes." L. Stephanie Cobb, asserts, however, that early Christian martyr texts respond to this question with an emphatic "no!" Divine Deliverance examines the original martyr texts of the second through fifth centuries, concluding that these narratives in fact seek to demonstrate the Christian martyrs' imperviousness to pain. For these martyrs, God was present with, and within, the martyrs, delivering them from pain. These martyrs' claims not to feel pain define and redefine Christianity in the ancient world: whereas Christians did not deny the reality of their subjection to state violence, they argued that they were not ultimately vulnerable to its painful effects.
目次
Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Bodies in Pain: Ancient and Modern Horizons of Expectation 2. Text and Audience: Activating and Obstructing Expectations 3. Divine Analgesia: Painlessness in a Pain-Filled World 4. Whose Pain? Pain as a Locus of Meaning in Christian Martyr Texts 5. Narratives and Counternarratives: Discourse and Early Christian Martyr Texts Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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