Divine deliverance: pain and painlessness in early christian martyr texts
Auteur :
Cobb, L. Stephanie Professor
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520293359
Date de publication :
22 nov. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
544 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Does martyrdom hurt? The obvious answer to this question is "yes." In this book, the author examines the original martyr texts of the second through fifth centuries, concluding that these narratives in fact seek to demonstrate the Christian martyrs' imperviousness to pain.