Divine Deliverance: Pain And Painlessness In Early Christian Martyr Texts

Imprint -- Subvention -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Bodies in Pain: Ancient and Modern Horizons of Expectation -- 2. Text and Audience: Activating and Obstructing Expectations -- 3. Divine Analgesia: Painlessness in a Pain-Filled World -- 4. Whose Pain?: Pain as a Locus of Meaning in Christian Martyr Texts -- 5. Narratives and Counternarratives: Discourse and Early Christian Martyr Texts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

• | Author: L. Stephanie Cobb
• | Publisher: University Of California Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 22, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0520293355
• | ISBN-13: 9780520293359