Divine Deliverance : Pain and Painlessness in Early Christian Martyr Texts.

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, c...

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Main Author:	Cobb, L. Stephanie
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Martyrologies > History and criticism. Christian martyrs in literature. Pain in literature. Christian martyrs in literature Martyrologies Pain in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.