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Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 List of classical works 9 Introduction 10 The terminology of martyrdom 12 The ancient theologies of martyrdom 13 1 The psychoanalytic study of martyrdom 17 The psychoanalytic analysis of political power 18 The specific family romance of Second Maccabees 20 2 The family romance as victory story 25 Second Maccabees as triumphalist history 25 Persecution as a triumphalist strategy 28 3 Theologies of martyrdom recast authority and cult 38 The problem of too many kings 38 Temple cult in Second Maccabees: hierarchies of sacredness and power 42 4 Rereading sacrifice: human blood as a sign 50 How did blood become a sign? 52 5 The martyr’s new sacrifice: solving the Maccabean sacrifice crisis 63 Killing within the family: reworking priestly taboos 66 6 The happy ending of two wishes fulfilled 75 Wish #1: Male mothers and child-bearing fathers 75 Wish #2: The family reunites 79 Conclusions 82 Appendix 1: 2 Maccabees 7 :1–6, 20–42 88 Appendix 2: A speculative note on displacing women in religious myths and rites 90 Bibliography 96 Index 108

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Author

Naomi Janowitz

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2018

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction