Early Martyr Narratives - Neither Authentic Accounts Nor Forgeries

In The Early Martyr Narratives, Éric Rebillard argues that accounts of ancient martyrs should be considered fluid "living texts" that existed between fact and fiction and made it possible for audiences to readily accept the historicity of a martyr while at the same time not expect to hear or read a truthful story.

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Éric Rebillard

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In The Early Martyr Narratives, Eric Rebillard argues that accounts of ancient martyrs should be considered fluid "living texts" that existed between fact and fiction and made it possible for audiences to readily accept the historicity of a martyr while at the same time not expect to hear or read a truthful story.

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• Authors: & Rebillard, Eric Rebillard, Éric Rebillard, Ric Rebillard
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780812252606
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5260-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion; Divinations: Rereading Late An
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works