Pain and Painlessness in Early Christian Martyr Texts
by
L. Stephanie Cobb
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Does martyrdom hurt? The obvious answer to this question is “yes.” L. Stephanie Cobb, asserts, however, that early Christian martyr texts respond to this question with an emphatic “no!” Divine Deliverance examines the original martyr texts of the second through fifth centuries, concluding...