Description
This book examines texts and materials, ranging from the eastern Mediterranean to northwestern Europe, related to the Maccabean martyrs. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski demonstrates that Christian thinkers constructed memories of the Maccabean martyrs that simultaneously appropriated Jewish traditions and obscured the Jewish origins of Christianity. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski Introduction: Remembering the Maccabean Martyrs The Earliest Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs and Resistance Culture Late Antique Bishops and Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs in the Christian Medieval West Jewish Saints and Christian Cities: Rhineland Traditions of the Maccabean Martyrs Conclusion: Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs and Remembering History Ethically
