Cornell: Roman Historian Views Early Martyr Narratives as 'Living Texts'
November 21, 2020
November 21, 2020
ITHACA, New York, Nov. 21 (TNSRes) -- Cornell University issued the following news:
For centuries, most scholarship on ancient Christian martyr narratives has focused on proving their authenticity in the service of religious questions.
Eric Rebillard, the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, takes a different approach to written accounts of early Christian martyrs. As a historian of the Roman empire - in which Christians hap . . .
For centuries, most scholarship on ancient Christian martyr narratives has focused on proving their authenticity in the service of religious questions.
Eric Rebillard, the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, takes a different approach to written accounts of early Christian martyrs. As a historian of the Roman empire - in which Christians hap . . .