Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs

Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs 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. Autor: D. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski Wydawnictwo: Palgrave Macmillan Rok wydania: 2009 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 251 Wymiary: 21.6 x 14 cm Ilustracje: XII, 251 p. Język: angielski ISBN: 9781349371136