The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees

Naomi Janowitz

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Routledge
10 June 2019

Regional studies; Classical history & classical civilisation; Religion: general; Old Testaments

Series: Routledge Focus on Biblical Studies

"Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the ""autonomous value"" of martyrdom. The story of a mother and her seven sons who die under the torture of the Greek king Antiochus displaces the long-problematic Temple sacrificial cult with new cultic practices, and presents a new family romance that encodes unconscious fantasies of child-bearing fathers and eternal mergers with mothers. This study places the martyr story in the historical context of the Hasmonean struggle for legitimacy in the face of Jewish civil wars, and uses psychoanalytic theories to analyze the unconscious meaning of the martyr-family story."

By: Naomi Janowitz
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 136g
ISBN: 9780367182694
ISBN 10: 0367182696
Series: Routledge Focus on Biblical Studies
Pages: 110
Publication Date: 10 June 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Naomi Janowitz is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California-Davis, USA.