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Collection, with facing-page translations, of Greek and Latin Christian martyr narratives dating from the first four centuries CE. Focuses on the ancient martyrs executed before 260 CE, and examines which of their texts was known to Eusebius ot to Augustine.

Martyrs. --- Persecution --- Church history --- Heroes --- Martyrdom --- History --- 235.3*14 --- 235.3*14 Hagiografie: martyrium --- Hagiografie: martyrium --- Martyrs --- Antike. --- Christenverfolgung. --- Christliche Literatur. --- Frühchristentum. --- Heiligenvita. --- Literatur. --- Märtyrer. --- Martyrium. --- Early church. --- 30-600 --- Persecution - History - Early church, ca. 30-600 --- Martyres --- Acta martyrum

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From Eusebius of Caesarea, who first compiled a collection of martyr narratives around 300, to Thierry Ruinart, whose Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta was published in 1689, the selection and study of early hagiographic narratives has been founded on an assumption that there existed documents written at the time of martyrdom, or very close to it. As a result, a search for authenticity has been and continues to be central, even in the context of today's secular scholarship. But, as Éric Rebillard contends, the alternative approach, to set aside entirely the question of the historical reliability of martyr narratives, is not satisfactory either. Instead, he argues that martyr narratives should be consider as fluid "living texts," written anonymously and received by audiences not as precise historical reports but as versions of the story. In other words, the form these texts took, between fact and fiction, made it possible for audiences to readily accept the historicity of the martyr while at the same time not expect to hear or read a truthful account.In The Early Martyr Narratives, Rebillard considers only accounts of Christian martyrs supposed to have been executed before 260, and only those whose existence is attested in sources that can be dated to before 300. The resulting small corpus contains no texts in the form of legal protocols, traditionally viewed as the earliest, most official and authentic records, nor does it include any that can be dated to a period during which persecution of Christians is known to have taken place. Rather than deduce from this that they are forgeries written for the sake of polemic or apologetic, Rebillard demonstrates how the literariness of the narratives creates a fictional complicity that challenges and complicates any claims of these narratives to be truthful.

Martyrologies --- Christian martyrs --- Christian literature, Early --- History and criticism. --- Biography --- Early works to 1800 --- Criticism, Textual. --- Christian literature, Early. --- Martyrologies. --- RELIGION / Christian Church / History. --- History and criticism --- Early Christian literature --- Patristic literature --- Martyrs --- Martyrdom --- Necrologies --- Christianity --- Religion. --- Religious Studies. --- Criticism, Textual --- Martyrologies - History and criticism --- Christian martyrs - Biography - Early works to 1800 --- Christian literature, Early - Criticism, Textual. --- Acta martyrum

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To understand the past, we necessarily group people together and, consequently, frequently assume that all of its members share the same attributes. In this ground-breaking volume, Eric Rebillard and Jörg Rüpke bring renowned scholars together to challenge this norm by seeking to rediscover the individual and to explore the dynamics between individuals and the groups to which they belong.

Identification (Religion) --- Church history --- Eglise --- Histoire --- 276 <08> =20 --- Apostolic Church --- Christianity --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Identity (Religion) --- Religious identity --- Psychology, Religious --- Patrologie. Patristiek--Verzamelwerken. Reeksen--Engels --- Identification (Religion). --- Primitive and early church. --- 30-600. --- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Ecclesiastical history --- History, Church --- History, Ecclesiastical --- History --- E-books --- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Group identity --- Christian life --- Religions --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. (not established) --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

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In this provocative book Éric Rebillard challenges many long-held assumptions about early Christian burial customs. For decades scholars of early Christianity have argued that the Church owned and operated burial grounds for Christians as early as the third century. Through a careful reading of primary sources including legal codes, theological works, epigraphical inscriptions, and sermons, Rebillard shows that there is little evidence to suggest that Christians occupied exclusive or isolated burial grounds in this early period. In fact, as late as the fourth and fifth centuries the Church did not impose on the faithful specific rituals for laying the dead to rest. In the preparation of Christians for burial, it was usually next of kin and not representatives of the Church who were responsible for what form of rite would be celebrated, and evidence from inscriptions and tombstones shows that for the most part Christians didn't separate themselves from non-Christians when burying their dead. According to Rebillard it would not be until the early Middle Ages that the Church gained control over burial practices and that "Christian cemeteries" became common. In this translation of Religion et Sépulture: L'église, les vivants et les morts dans l'Antiquité tardive, Rebillard fundamentally changes our understanding of early Christianity. The Care of the Dead in Late Antiquity will force scholars of the period to rethink their assumptions about early Christians as separate from their pagan contemporaries in daily life and ritual practice.

Death --- Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Religious aspects. --- Ancient funeral rites and ceremonies