02634nam a2200313 i 4500000000330786CaOOAMICUS20190107143442.0181018s2017 xxu u000 u eng u171404978-0-19-873957-9SeMilitaenggreGreek and Latin narratives about the ancient martyrs /edited by Éric Rebillard.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2017.VIII, 403 p. ;24 cm.Oxford early Christian textsTesto originale in greco e traduzione in inglese a fronteApollonius ; 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 260Chiesa primitiva e delle origini, ca 30-600 - Martiri cristiani.(OLS)http://semarc/subject/13110Rebillard, Éric,<1963- >.(OLS)http://semarc/name/108332Oxford early Christian texts.(OLS)http://semarc/title/31962SeMilSeMil1Venegono12S IV 56209915223822SeMilBibl2223822 1020978-0-19-873957-9(OLS)http://semarc/number/285413245Greek and Latin narratives about the ancient martyrs(OLS)http://semarc/title/419295260Oxford :Oxford University Press(OLS)http://semarc/publisher/35475