Dying for the faith, killing for the faith : Old-Testament faith-warriors (1 and 2 Maccabees) in historical perspective

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Dying for the faith, killing for the faith : Old-Testament faith-warriors (1 and 2 Maccabees) in historical perspective / ed. by Gabriela Signori

Bibliografische gegevens
Andere auteurs:	Signori, Gabriela (Redacteur)
Formaat:	Boek
Taal:	English
Gepubliceerd in:	Leiden : Brill, 2012
Reeks:	Brill's studies in intellectual history 206
Onderwerpen:	Makkabäer <Buch> I, II Makkabäer-Aufstand Heiliger Krieg Rezeption Geschichte Märtyrer Judentum Aufsatzsammlung
Inhoud/stuks:	13 records
Online toegang:	Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. On the path of the Maccabees? : the Rhetoric of 'Holy War' in the Sermons and Pamphlets of 'Puritans' in the Run-up to the English Civil War (1620-1642)

2. Martyrdom, Violence, and Immortality : the Origins of a Religious Complex

3. The Maccabees and the Battle of Antioch

4. The Veneration of the Maccabean Brothers in Fourth Century Antioch : religious Competition, Martyrdom, and Innovation

5. The Mother and Seven Sons in Late Antique and medieval Ashkenazi Judaism : narrative transformation and Communal Identity

6. The Reception of an Unread Author : Zacharias Werner's "Mother of the Maccabees"

7. The Reception of the Books of the maccabees in the Hussite Reformation

8. Hate Preachers and Religious Warriors : Violence in the 'Libelli de lite' of the late Elevnth Century

9. The Cult of the Maccabees in the Eastern Orthodox Church

10. The Renaissance of the Maccabees : Old Testament Jews, German Humanists, and the Cult of the Saints in Early Modern Cologne

11. "If to Fall, for Laws, Religion, Liberty, We Fall" : Georg Frideric Handel's Maccabee Oratorios

12. The Maccabees as role models in the German Order

13. The War of the Hasmoneans