Christian memories of the Maccabean martyrs
By: Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Apocrypha. -- Maccabees -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Maccabees; Christianity and other religions -- Judaism; Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity; Christian literature, Early
Description: "This book examines late antique and medieval devotional texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs - Jews who died for the Mosaic Law before the birth of Jesus. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski demonstrates here that Christian thinkers constructed memories of the Maccabean martyrs that simultaneously appropriated Jewish traditions and obscured the Jewish origins of Christianity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Remembering the Maccabean martyrs; title: The earliest memories of the Maccabean martyrs and resistance culture; title: Late antique bishops and memories of the Maccabean martyrs; title: Memories of the Maccabean martyrs in the Christian medieval west; title: Jewish saints and Christian cities : Rhineland traditions of the Maccabean martyrs; title: Conclusion: Memories of the Maccabean martyrs and remembering history ethically.