The Maccabean Martyrs, Jewish heroes from the era of the persecution of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, were incorporated into the IVth century Christian martyrology. T

Le livre retrace, a partir des panegyriques de Gregoire de Nazianze et Jean Chrysostome, l'evolution du culte des martyrs Maccabees dans le christianisme depuis

Presents a radical new reading of how Christian history was rewritten in the fourth century to suit its circumstances under Rome.

Fourth Maccabees is a superbly crafted oration that presents a case for the Jewish way of life couched almost entirely in terms of Greek ethical ideals. Using a

The message of the old testamentary Maccabees is martial and pernicious as well as already pointed out by Erasmus of Rotterdam. The circumstances in which the M