An Example of How to Die Nobly For Religion: The Influence of 4 Maccabees on Origen's Exhortatio ad Martyrium
In the course of his Exhortatio ad Martyrium, Origen retells the famous story of the martyrdoms of Eleazar, seven brothers, and the mother of the seven. While it is clear that he drew upon the version in 2 Maccabees from his verbatim recitations of the same, close study of his vocabulary, his supple...
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2009
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 337-356 |
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