Perfect Martyr

Perfect Martyr
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9780199924653
ISBN-13 : 0199924651
Rating : 4/5 (651 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Perfect Martyr by : Shelly Matthews

Download or read book Perfect Martyr written by Shelly Matthews and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the story of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, both in terms of rhetorical fittingness, and Christian tradition concerning the significance of his dying forgiveness prayer. It questions the historicity of the account of his death, underscores Acts' rhetorical violence, and reads Acts against narratives of the martyrdom of James as a means to a richer history of early Jewish-Christian relations.


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