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02821aam a2200349 i 4500 001 EA93B9A4FDAF11E7BCC604F996128E48 003 SILO 005 20180120010217 008 161228t20172017hu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016057670 020 $a 9633861632 020 $a 9789633861639 035 $a (OCoLC)967417603 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BR1601.3 $b .P47 2017 082 00 $a 203/.42 $2 23 100 1 $a Pesthy-Simon, Monika, $d 1954- $e author. 245 10 $a Isaac, Iphigeneia, Ignatius : $b martyrdom and human sacrifice / $c Monika Pesthy-Simon. 264 1 $a Budapest ; $b Central European University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a x, 249 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Human sacrifice in the Old Testament -- Greece, Rome and Carthage -- Early Judaism -- The death of Jesus -- The martyr's sacrifice : case studies -- The models of the martyr -- The meaning of the martyr's sacrifice -- Epilogue : the developments of martyrology after Constantine. 520 8 $a What is the meaning of the martyr's sacrifice? Is it true that the martyr imitates Christ? After the "one and eternal" sacrifice of Jesus, why are the occasional new (and often quite numerous) sacrifices necessary? What is the underlying divinitical concept behind these acts? How do these ideas survive in present times? The author considers martyrdom as a voluntary human sacrifice. The two emblematic figures of this transformation are Iphigeneia and Isaac. Pesthy argues that all the peoples in the environment in which Christianity came into being are characterized by an ambiguous and often hypocritical attitude toward human sacrifice: in theory they condemn it as barbarian and belonging to bygone times, in other cases they accept, admire and practice it. In modern Christianity, martyrs are real sacrifices, not symbolical ones. Our feelings about martyrs vary: we may admire their unbending courage and heroism or be irritated by their stubbornness, or even feel disgusted at the fanaticism with which they strove for death. Whatever our feelings may be, we must acknowledge that a very strong motivation is necessary to accept voluntarily or even seek death. 650 0 $a Martyrdom $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Voluntary human sacrifice. 650 7 $a Martyrdom $x Christianity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01010907 650 7 $a Voluntary human sacrifice. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01169025 776 08 $i Online version: $a Pesthy-Simon, Monika, 1954- $t Isaac, Iphigeneia, Ignatius. $d New York : Central European University Press, 2017 $z 9789633861646 $w (DLC) 2016059917 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211022442.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EA93B9A4FDAF11E7BCC604F996128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search