LDR 02634nam a2200313 i 4500 001 000000330786 003 CaOOAMICUS 005 20190107143442.0 008 181018s2017 xxu u000 u eng u 013 $a171404 020 $a978-0-19-873957-9 040 $aSeMil$bita 041 1 $aeng$agre 245 10$aGreek and Latin narratives about the ancient martyrs /$cedited by Éric Rebillard. 260 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2017. 300 $aVIII, 403 p. ;$c24 cm. 490 0 $aOxford early Christian texts 500 $aTesto originale in greco e traduzione in inglese a fronte 505 0 $aApollonius ; 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. 520 0 $aCollection, with facing-page translations, of Greek and Latin Christian martyr narratives dating from the first four centuries CE. Focuses on the ancient martyrs executed before 260 CE, and examines which of their texts was known to Eusebius or to Augustine.Greek and Latin Narratives about the Ancient Martyrs provides a collection, with facing-page translations, of Greek and Latin Christian martyr narratives dating from the first four centuries CE. While Herbert Musurillo's authoritative collection The Acts of the Martyrs (1972) aimed to gather the most 'authentic' and 'reliable' accounts of early Christian martyrdom, Eric Rebillard argues that modern scholarship instead calls for texts which attest to the contexts in which the memories of the martyrs were constructed. As such, this extensive volume provides a textual basis for the study of martyr narratives without making assumptions about their date of composition or their authenticity. It focuses on the ancient martyrs executed before 260 650 4$aChiesa primitiva e delle origini, ca 30-600 - Martiri cristiani.$0(OLS)http://semarc/subject/13110 700 1 $aRebillard, Éric,$d<1963- >.$0(OLS)http://semarc/name/108332 830 0$aOxford early Christian texts.$0(OLS)http://semarc/title/31962 850 $aSeMil 852 $aSeMil$W1$xVenegono$y1$m2S IV 56$j209915$B223822$CSeMilBibl$Z2$F223822 $81 996 $6020$a978-0-19-873957-9$9(OLS)http://semarc/number/285413 996 $6245$aGreek and Latin narratives about the ancient martyrs$9(OLS)http://semarc/title/419295 996 $6260$aOxford :$bOxford University Press$9(OLS)http://semarc/publisher/35475