Christian memories of the Maccabean martyrs [electronic resource] / Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski.
This book examines late antique and medieval devotional texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs. This unique group of people were Jews who died for the Mosaic Law before the birth of Jesus. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski demonstrates...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Summary: | This book examines late antique and medieval devotional texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs. This unique group of people were Jews who died for the Mosaic Law before the birth of Jesus. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski demonstrates that Christian thinkers constructed memories of the Maccabean martyrs that simultaneously appropriated Jewish traditions and obscured the Jewish origins of Christianity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230100138 0230100139 9781349371136 1349371130 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |