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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Version imprimée : Shepkaru, Shmuel. Jewish martyrs in the pagan and Christian worlds. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2005010535 (OCoLC)59098854 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Shmuel Shepkaru |
ISBN: | 9780511345258 0511345259 0511344546 9780511344541 9780521842815 0521842816 0511344155 9780511344152 9780511499111 0511499116 |
OCLC Number: | 1104392564 |
Description: | 1 ressource en ligne (xii, 414 pages) |
Contents: | 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. |
Responsibility: | Shmuel Shepkaru. |
Abstract:
This book is about the evolution of Jewish martyrdom in the Pagan and Christian worlds, with a brief discussion on the Holocaust in the conclusion. The study's main goal is to explain how and why martyrdom came to play a role in Judaism.
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Review of the hardback: '... it is a solid book: the author has read and digested a great deal of literature, and has clearly reflected long and hard on the subject ... thought-provoking ...' Journal of Ecclesiastical History Read more...

