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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
Hardcover. 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. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
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
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230602793
SKU
V9780230602793
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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