Assertion: martyr | /r/CapableOf | play crucial function
Facets:
value: in deflecting divine wrath
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In Judaism, martyrs dying as witnesses to God's existence and as evidence of Israel's worthiness to be Yahweh's chosen people played a crucial function in deflecting divine wrath from the sins of the Jewish nation, but historically Jewish scholars have felt obliged to curb the urge to martyrdom and the fanaticism that so often accompanies it.