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Author: Candida R. Moss (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.60cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 16.30cm
Weight: 0.599kg
ISBN: 9780199739875
ISBN 10: 0199739870
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 10 June 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
<br> In this fascinating study of Christian martyrdoms from the second and third centuries, Candida Moss opens up a new perspective by researching the implications of the imitatio Christi theme: presenting the martyrs as Other Christs. <br>--Jan Willem van Henten, Professor of New Testament and Director of the Graduate School for Humanities at the University of Amsterdam<p><br> Scholars of Christian antiquity have long been captivated by the accounts of the pre-Constantinian martyrs. With fresh eyes and theoretically informed interests, Candida Moss devotes this ground breaking study to one the most significant and overlooked themes of this ancient literature: martyrdom as an imitatio Christi. Anyone in the least interested in the early Christian movement should relish this full and insightful study. <br>-- Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<p><br> In The Other Christs, Candida Moss offers a rich a
The scope of this book is impressive, and the text is very readable, with copious notes appended at the end...raises important questions. Nicholas H. Taylor, Journal for the Study of The New Testament a thorough and wide-ranging book. Benjamin H. Dunning, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
<br> In this fascinating study of Christian martyrdoms from the second and third centuries, Candida Moss opens up a new perspective by researching the implications of the imitatio Christi theme: presenting the martyrs as Other Christs. <br>--Jan Willem van Henten, Professor of New Testament and Director of the Graduate School for Humanities at the University of Amsterdam<br> Scholars of Christian antiquity have long been captivated by the accounts of the pre-Constantinian martyrs. With fresh eyes and theoretically informed interests, Candida Moss devotes this ground breaking study to one the most significant and overlooked themes of this ancient literature: martyrdom as an imitatio Christi. Anyone in the least interested in the early Christian movement should relish this full and insightful study. <br>-- Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br> In The Other Christs, Candida Moss offers a rich and man
Author Information
Candida R. Moss is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame. She is the winner of the 2011 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise.
