The Power of Sacrifice

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"In this work, George Heyman offers a fresh perspective on the similarities between pagan Roman and Christian thinking about the public role of sacrifice in the first two and a half centuries of the Christian era. He shows that both imperial Rome and early Christianity capitalized on the rhetoric of sacrifice as a discursive means to craft their location, their identity, and their social power within the cosmos."--Jacket.

subjects: Märtyrer,  3e s.,  Opfer,  Christianity,  Frühchristentum,  Religion,  Église,  Vroege christendom,  Religion romaine,  Church history,  Paganisme,  Fornkyrkan,  Opferritus,  Martyrdom,  Offer,  Sacrifice,  Histoire,  Romersk religion,  Historia,  Neues Testament,  Rezeption,  Offers,  Herrscherkult,  "Bible. NT,  Christianisme,  Martyr,  Publiek domein,  Romeinse rijk,  Rome, religion