Jewish martyrs in the Pagan and Christian worlds
By: Shmuel Shepkaru
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Martyrdom -- Judaism -- History -- To 1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-407) and index
Table of contents: title: Mythic martyrs; title: Between God and Caesar; title: "It is written in the law"; title: Byzantine burnt offerings; title: Zarfat; title: Ve-Ashkenaz : traditional manifestations; title: Ve-Ashkenaz : manifestations of a milieu; title: Singing in the fire; title: Fire from heaven; title: Shifting paradigms