| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 256 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index. |
| Contents |
Roman religion and sacrificial practice -- The Roman imperial cult -- The New Testament and the discourse of sacrifice -- The sacrifice of the martyr -- Conclusions. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Neues Testament. |
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Sacrifice.
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Sacrifice. |
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Church history.
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Church history. |
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Rome -- Religion.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Religion. |
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Martyrdom -- Christianity.
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Martyrdom -- Christianity. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 0-100 |
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Geschichte 100-200 |
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Geschichte 200-250 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Heyman, George, 1954- Power of sacrifice. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2007 0813214890 (DLC) 2006024759 (OCoLC)70877794 |
| ISBN |
9780813216942 (electronic book) |
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081321694X (electronic book) |
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0813214890 |
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9780813214894 |
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