The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-20666-3 (ISBN)
Naomi Janowitz is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California-Davis, USA.
Introduction
The Terminology of Martyrdom
The Ancient Theologies of Martyrdom
1: The Psychoanalytic Study of Martyrdom
The Psychoanalytic Analysis of Political Power
The Specific Family Romance of Second Maccabees
2: The Family Romance as Victory Story
Second Maccabees as Triumphalist History
Persecution as a Triumphalist Strategy
3: Theologies of Martyrdom Recast Authority and Cult
The Problem of Too Many Kings
Temple Cult in Second Maccabees: Hierarchies of Sacredness and Power
4: Rereading Sacrifice: Human Blood as a Sign
How Did Blood Become a Sign?
5: The Martyr’s New Sacrifice: Solving the Maccabean Sacrifice Crisis
Killing within the Family: Reworking Priestly Taboos
6: The Happy Ending of Two Wishes Fulfilled
Wish #1: Male Mothers and Child-bearing Fathers
Wish #2: The Family Reunites
Conclusions
Appendix 1: 2 Maccabees 7
Appendix 2: A Speculative Note on Displacing Women in Religious Myths and Rites
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 21.04.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | Routledge Focus on Biblical Studies |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 249 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-138-20666-0 / 1138206660 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-20666-3 / 9781138206663 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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