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Divine deliverance : pain and painlessness in early Christian martyr texts /

"The author's readings of early Christian martyr texts suggest that Christians found the suffering self a useful discourse by which to construct their identities, distinguish their teachings, refute antagonistic claims, and retain believers. The author shows that in these texts, suffering...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cobb, L. Stephanie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Colección:Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Bodies in pain: ancient and modern horizons of expectation -- Text and audience: activating and obstructing expectations -- Divine analgesia: painlessness in a pain-filled world -- Whose pain? pain as a locus of meaning in Christian martyr texts -- Narratives and counternarratives: discourse and early Christian martyr texts. 
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