The Other Christs Imitating Jesus in Ancient Christian Ideologies of Martyrdom

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Synopsis

Moss begins by tracing the theme of imitating Jesus through suffering in the literature of the Jesus movement and early church and its application in martyrdom literature. She demonstrates the importance of imitating the sufferings of Christ as a practice and ethos in the Jesus movement. She then proceeds to the interpretations of the martyr's death and afterlife, arguing against the dominant theory that the martyr's death was viewed as a sacrifice, and finding that in their post-mortem existence martyrs continue to be assimilated to Christ, closely resembling the exalted Christ as intercessors, judges, enthroned monarchs and banqueters.

Book details

Author:
Candida R. Moss
ISBN:
9780199890064
Related ISBNs:
9780199739875, 9780199914388, 9780199772933
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
336
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2022-12-13
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2010
Copyright by:
Oxford University Press, Inc. 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality