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Description edit
Spanning the Hellenistic period to the high Middle Ages, this history of Jewish martyrdom challenges the general consensus that martyrdom was an original Hellenisitic Jewish idea. Instead, Jews like Philo and Josephus internalized the idealized Roman concept of voluntary death and presented it... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sefer Gezerot: Add a description of this character.
- R. Chazan
- Eleazar
- Ephraim
- Philo
- Daniel
- Isaac
- Josephus
- Abraham
- Urbach
- Goldstein
- R. Akiva
- Mattathias
- Baer
- Jacobs
- B. Sanhedrin
- B. Avodah Zarah
- Van Henten
- Grossman
- Eliezer
- Marcus
- Habermann
- Zeitlin
- Jacob Tam
- William
- Solomon
- Samuel
- David
- Theophilus
- Raoul Glaber
- Paul
- Rabbah
- B. Berakhot
- Rachel
- Ben Dama
- Ashkenaz
- R. Ishmael
- Flusser
- Gaius
- Yehiel
- Judah
- Razis
- Starr
- Pilate
- Elazar
Setting & Locations edit
- Jerusalem
- Judaism
- Land Of Israel
- New York
- France
- London
- Rome
- Byzantium
- Mainz
- Italy
- Otranto
- Temple
- Germany
- Blois
- Angevin England
- Europe
- Paris
- Muslim Spain
- Cambridge
- Sefer Yosippon
- Caligula
- Philadelphia
- Troyes
- High Middle Ages
- Boyarin
- Christian Spain
- Rouen
- Newbury
- Masada
- Leiden
- Bonn
- Heaven
- Macca
- Berlin
- Bar-kochva
- Jotapata
- Historia Rerum Anglicarum
- Xanten
- Los Angeles
- Zarua
- Blumenkranz
- Jordan
- Hellenism
- Tel Aviv
First Sentence edit
For centuries martyrdom has played a formative role in the Judeo-Christian world.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shmuel Shepkaru (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 296.33
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