Abraham Gross

Spirituality and Law

Courting Martyrdom in Christianity and Judaism

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Produktbeschreibung

Spirituality and Law is an in-depth evaluation of martyrdom impulses in Christianity and Judaism. Author Abraham Gross analyzes the spiritual yearning of martyrdom in each religion over a period of 1,500 years, from the 2nd to the 16th century. Special attention is given to the Roman period, 9th century Cordova, and 13th-15th century Franciscans.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Judaism
• Verlag: UPA
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9780761829973
• ISBN-10: 0761829970
• Artikelnr.: 21590752

Autorenporträt

By Abraham Gross

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Martyrs and Martyrdom in the Ancient World:
Christian Martyrdom During the Roman Period; The Hadrianic Persecutions:
Rabbi Hanina ben Teradion and Rabbi Akiva Chapter 3 The Middle Ages:
Christianity; The Martyrs of Cordova; The Franciscan Tradition; Summary;
Judaism; CourtingKiddush ha-Shem in Jewish Folklore; Medieval Ashkenaz;
Flee or Die?; Hasidei Ashkenaz; One Case of Courting Death-A German
Proselyte Chapter 4 Guilt, Expiation, and Curing Death in the Sixteenth
Century: John Bradford: A Disguised Suicide; Solomon Malkho: The Spiritual
Biography of a "New Christian"; First Period: Portugal-A "New Christian"
Between Judaism and Christianity; Second Period: Chapter 5 Appendix A: Don
Lope de Vera y Alarcon: A Spanish Proselyte-Martyr Chapter 6 Appendix B:
Courting Martyrdom in a Jewish-Christian Polemic from Seventeenth Century
Amsterdam Chapter 7 Appendix C: Some Early Modern Rabbinic Sources Related
to Courting Death Chapter 8 Appendix D: Hebrew Sources Chapter 9 Appendix
E: Malkho's Battle Banner Chapter 10 Selected Bibliography Chapter 11 Index