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Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs
Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski
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Description for Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC; HRJ; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349371136
SKU
V9781349371136
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99-15
About Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski
DANIEL JOSLYN-SIEMIATKOSKI is Assistant Professor of Church History at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, a founding member of the Graduate Theological Union, in Berkeley, California, USA.
Reviews for Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs
" Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs is an eloquently written and richly documented study on interfaith devotion and commemoration of the Maccabean Martyrs from the early to late Medieval period. By examininghow Christians appropriated and created collective memories of these Jewish martyrs alongside the parallel continuation and cultivation of memory and devotion of them among Jews,Joslyn-Siemiatkoski provides a model ... Read more