Divine Deliverance

Pain and Painlessness in Early Christian Martyr Texts

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Does martyrdom hurt? The obvious answer to this question is "yes." L. Stephanie Cobb, asserts, however, that early Christian martyr texts respond to this question with an emphatic "no!" Divine Deliverance examines the original martyr texts of the second through fifth centuries, concluding that these narratives in fact seek to demonstrate the Christian martyrs' imperviousness to pain. For these martyrs, God was present with, and within, the martyrs, delivering them from pain. These martyrs' claims not to feel pain define and redefine Christianity in the ancient world: whereas Christians did not deny the reality of their subjection to state violence, they argued that they were not ultimately vulnerable to its painful effects.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-11-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520293359

Utforska kategorier

Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

L. Stephanie Cobb is the George and Sallie Cutchin Camp Professor of Bible in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Richmond. She is also author of Dying to Be Men: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts.

Recensioner i media

"This excellent book will encourage a re-evaluation of early Christian martyr texts so that more attention is paid to the theological, christological, and eschatological commitments contained therein."

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Bodies in Pain: Ancient and Modern Horizons of Expectation 2. Text and Audience: Activating and Obstructing Expectations 3. Divine Analgesia: Painlessness in a Pain-Filled World 4. Whose Pain? Pain as a Locus of Meaning in Christian Martyr Texts 5. Narratives and Counternarratives: Discourse and Early Christian Martyr Texts Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index