Product Description
In their functions as memorial and devotional literature, the Acts of the Martyrs, are generally read as historical protocols. They are an access point for understanding the development of hagiography. By examining different genres and textual compilations (at times, synoptic), this volume reveals the diversity of this literature and documents its importance for understanding intellectual, social, and religious history.
Review
Dieser Band bietet eine hervorragend aufbereitete Auswahl aus der Märtyrerliteratur der Kirche.Christoph Stenschke in: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 1/2016
Die gelungene Synthese an theoretischer Reflexion und ihrer unmittelbare Anwendung macht dieses Buch zu einem Standardwerk.Nicole Hartmann in: Theologische Revue 2/2018, Sp. 119f.
The book will be indispensable in the years to come for anybody working on late antique Christian martyrdom.Johan Leemans in: Louvain Studies 40/2017, 221
About the Author
Hans Reinhard Seeliger, Universität Tübingen;Wolfgang Wischmeyer, Universität Wien.
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