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Dying for God : martyrdom and the making of Christianity and Judaism
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Dying for God : martyrdom and the making of Christianity and Judaism

Author: Daniel Boyarin
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1999.
Series: Figurae (Stanford, Calif.)
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
"In this book, the author develops a revised understanding of the interactions between nascent Christianity and nascent Judaism in late antiquity, interpreting the two "new" religions as intensely and complexly intertwined throughout this period."--BOOK JACKET.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Daniel Boyarin
ISBN: 0804736170 9780804736176
OCLC Number: 41925527
Description: xi, 247 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction: When Christians were Jews: on Judeo-Christian origins. --
The close call; or, Could a Pharisee be a Christian? --
Quo vadis?; or, The acts of the tricksters. --
Thinking with virgins: engendering Judeo-Christian difference. --
Whose martyrdom is this anyway? --
Appendix to Chapter 4: On the methodology and theology of W.H.C. Frend's Martyrdom and persecution in the early church.
Series Title: Figurae (Stanford, Calif.)
Responsibility: Daniel Boyarin.

Abstract:

"In this book, the author develops a revised understanding of the interactions between nascent Christianity and nascent Judaism in late antiquity, interpreting the two "new" religions as intensely and complexly intertwined throughout this period."--BOOK JACKET.
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