Martyrdom and Rome. - BOWERSOCK, G.W.,
KORTE INHOUD
?This elegant volume, appropriately dedicated to the memory of Louis Robert, is a significant contribution to the reawakened interest in the political and social dimensions of Christian martyrdom, as well as in the martyrological narratives themselves. The narratives of the early Christian martyrs (?) have increasingly come under the scrutiny of classical scholars and historians of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Their perspectives have two broad fronts. The first is a renewed attention to the texts as objects of literary criticism. (?) The other facet is marked by the increasing involvement of historians of the Roman empire with the problem of Christian martyrdom. (?) Iconoclasm and martyrdom are a powerful and inflammatory mix, but it is precisely this combination with which Glen Bowersock (?) confronts the reader in the four concise, precisely argued essays that constitute the core of this book. (?) The leanly written essays form sequential investigations into the creation of the Christian concept of martyrdom, th...
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1995Uitgever: Cambridge University Press106 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0521465397ISBN-13: 9780521465397Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge (...), 1995. XII,106p. Hard bound with dust wrps. Dust wrps to the front a bit stained. Else fine. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: BOWERSOCK, G.W.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 1995] [Titel: Martyrdom and Rome.]
