The power of sacrifice: Roman and Christian discourses in conflict
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Main Author: Heyman, George (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Press c2007
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-252) and index
Roman religion and sacrificial practice -- The Roman imperial cult -- The New Testament and the discourse of sacrifice -- The sacrifice of the martyr -- Conclusions
"In this work, George Heyman offers a fresh perspective on the similarities between pagan Roman and Christian thinking about the public role of sacrifice in the first two and a half centuries of the Christian era. He shows that both imperial Rome and early Christianity capitalized on the rhetoric of sacrifice as a discursive means to craft their location, their identity, and their social power within the cosmos."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 256 p.)
ISBN:0813214890
081321694X
9780813214894
9780813216942

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