Schär, Rahel (July 2023). Martyrdom: A Co-Produced Concept? An Analysis of the Legends of the Sixty Martyrs of Gaza and Bishop Sophronius of Jerusalem (Unpublished). In: International Medieval Congress 2023.
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Investigating the concept of martyrdom portrayed in Passiones Sexaginta Martyrum, the present paper explores the concept of co-production, developed by Katharina Heyden and David Nirenberg. It argues that early medieval Christian concepts of martyrdom did not arise in a Christian vacuum. Rather, they are products of Christians engaging with Greek and Roman philosophy, interacting with Roman pagans, and encountering early Muslims. This is shown using the example of the concept of martyrdom depicted in the passiones of the Martyrs of Gaza. They narrate the martyrdom of sixty Christian soldiers in seventh century Palestine during the first Islamic conquest, when Sophronius was patriarch of Jerusalem.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History > Economic, Social and Environmental History |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schär, Rahel |
Subjects: |
200 Religion > 230 Christianity & Christian theology 200 Religion > 270 History of Christianity |
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English |
Submitter: |
Rahel Schär |
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31 Jan 2024 16:06 |
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31 Jan 2024 16:06 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
- Martyrdom - Hagiography - Co-production - First Islamic conquests |
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https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/192293 |
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