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The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees (Hardcover): Naomi Janowitz

The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees (Hardcover)

Naomi Janowitz

Series: Routledge Focus on Biblical Studies

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Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the "autonomous value" of martyrdom. The story of a mother and her seven sons who die under the torture of the Greek king Antiochus displaces the long-problematic Temple sacrificial cult with new cultic practices, and presents a new family romance that encodes unconscious fantasies of child-bearing fathers and eternal mergers with mothers. This study places the martyr story in the historical context of the Hasmonean struggle for legitimacy in the face of Jewish civil wars, and uses psychoanalytic theories to analyze the unconscious meaning of the martyr-family story.

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Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Focus on Biblical Studies
Release date:	February 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Naomi Janowitz
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	110
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-20666-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The Bible > Old Testament > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The Bible > Old Testament > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General Books > Christianity > The Bible > Old Testament Promotions
LSN:	1-138-20666-0
Barcode:	9781138206663