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Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity Matthews, Shelly (Dorothy and B.H. Peace Professor of Religion, Dorothy and B.H. Peace Professor of Religion, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina)
Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity
Matthews, Shelly (Dorothy and B.H. Peace Professor of Religion, Dorothy and B.H. Peace Professor of Religion, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina)
This book analyzes Stephen's perfection, both in terms of rhetorical fittingness, and Christian tradition concerning the significance of his dying forgiveness prayer. It questions the event's historicity, underscores Acts' rhetorical violence, and reads Acts against narratives of the martyrdom of James as a means to a richer history of early Jewish-Christian relations.
224 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 28, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195393323 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 239 × 160 × 25 mm · 529 g |
| Language | English |