03534cam a2200493Ma 4500 ocn773566744 OCoLC 20200709055453.0 m d cr |n| 120123s2012 ne ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP EBLCP N$T 9789004211049 (electronic bk.) 9004211047 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)773566744 429971 (N$T) BS1825.52 .D95 2011eb REL 006700 bisacsh 229 229/.708303609 N$TA Dying for the faith, killing for the faith [electronic resource] : Old-Testament faith-warriors (Maccabees 1 and 2) in historical perspective / edited by Gabriela Signori. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2012. 1 online resource (324 p.) Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 206 Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Antiquity; Martyrdom, Violence, and Immortality: The Origins of a Religious Complex; The War of the Hasmoneans; The Veneration of the Maccabean Brothers in Fourth Century Antioch: Religious Competition, Martyrdom, and Innovation; The Cult of the Maccabees in the Eastern Orthodox Church; Middle Ages; The Mother and Seven Sons in Late Antique and Medieval Ashkenazi Judaism: Narrative Transformation and Communal Identity; The Maccabees and the Battle of Antioch Hate Preachers and Religious Warriors: Violence in the Libelli de lite of the Late Eleventh CenturyThe Maccabees As Role Models in the German Order; The Reception of the Books of the Maccabees in the Hussite Reformation; Early Modern Period; The Renaissance of the Maccabees: Old Testament Jews, German Humanists, and the Cult of the Saints in Early Modern Cologne; 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) "If to Fall, for Laws, Religion, Liberty, We Fall": Georg Frideric Handel's Maccabee OratoriosThe Reception of an Unread Author: Zacharias Werner's "Mother of the Maccabees"; Index of Names; Index of Biblical Citations; The history of influence of the old testamentary Maccabees is the focus of the essays collected in this book, which extend thematically and chronologically from the cult of martyrs in late antiquity to the time of the modern wars of liberation. Bible. O.T. Apocrypha. Maccabees Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Bible. O.T. Apocrypha. Maccabees -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History. Religion. RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Bible Study Guides bisacsh Electronic books. Signori, Gabriela, 1960- Print version: Signori, Gabriela Dying for the Faith, Killing for the Faith : Old-Testament Faith-warriors (Maccabees 1 and 2) in Historical Perspective Leiden : BRILL,c2012 9789004211056 Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 206. http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=842206 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=429971 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL842206 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50922 50922