Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017

978-0-19-873957-9

VIII, 403 p. ; 24 cm.

Oxford early Christian texts.

Rebillard, Éric, <1963- >

Chiesa primitiva e delle origini, ca 30-600 - Martiri cristiani

Venegono

2S IV 56

Greco Moderno

Inglese

Testo originale in greco e traduzione in inglese a fronte

Apollonius ; Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonice ; Pionius of Smyrna ; Polycarp of Smyrna ; The martyrs of Lyon and Vienne ; Marian and James ; Cyprian of Carthage ; Fructuosus of Tarragona and his companions ; Montanus, Lucius, and their companions ; Perpetua, Felicity and their companions ; The Sicilian martyrs.

Collection, with facing-page translations, of Greek and Latin Christian martyr narratives dating from the first four centuries CE. Focuses on the ancient martyrs executed before 260 CE, and examines which of their texts was known to Eusebius or to Augustine.Greek and Latin Narratives about the Ancient Martyrs provides a collection, with facing-page translations, of Greek and Latin Christian martyr narratives dating from the first four centuries CE. While Herbert Musurillo's authoritative collection The Acts of the Martyrs (1972) aimed to gather the most 'authentic' and 'reliable' accounts of early Christian martyrdom, Eric Rebillard argues that modern scholarship instead calls for texts which attest to the contexts in which the memories of the martyrs were constructed. As such, this extensive volume provides a textual basis for the study of martyr narratives without making assumptions about their date of composition or their authenticity. It focuses on the ancient martyrs executed before 260