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The Other Christs - Imitating Jesus in Ancient Christian Ideologies of Martyrdom (Hardcover, New)
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The Other Christs - Imitating Jesus in Ancient Christian Ideologies of Martyrdom (Hardcover, New)
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The martyrs in early Christian texts are consistently portrayed as
Christ figures. Their words, actions, and deaths are modeled on the
person and work of Jesus. As such they provide us with insights
into the interpretation and use of scripture in geographically
diverse locations and a variety of social settings in a period for
which there are lamentably few sources. Moss begins by tracing out
the theme of imitating Jesus through suffering in the literature of
the Jesus movement and early church and its application in
martyrdom literature. She demonstrates the importance of imitating
the sufferings of Christ as a practice and ethos in the Jesus
movement. She then proceeds to the interpretations of the martyr's
death and afterlife. Moss argues against the dominant theory that
the martyr's death was viewed as a sacrifice, finding that in their
post-mortem existence martyrs continue to be assimilated to Christ,
closely resembling the exalted Christ as intercessors, judges,
enthroned monarchs and banqueters. The characterization of the
martyr as "another Christ" ultimately conflicted with emerging
theological commitments to Christ's uniqueness and the egalitarian
nature of post-mortem existence for his followers. But for a brief
period, Moss finds, the martyr's imitation was viewed as a way in
which he or she shared in the status of the exalted Christ.
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