Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs

by Daniel Joslyn - Siemiatkoski (Author)

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2009
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This book examines texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs. 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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This book examines texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs. 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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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Edition: 2009
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 10 Dec 2009
ISBN 10: 0230602797
ISBN 13: 9780230602793

Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs

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$144.60

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$144.60

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