Martyrology and the Prurient Gaze

This paper uses a range of early (100-400 C.E.) martyrological narratives, in association with novels and apocalyptic discourses of the same era, to show the appeal of such narratives to early Christian audiences' prurience into sadoerotic violence. The sado-erotic voyeurism invited can be plac...

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Main Author: Frankfurter, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2009
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 215-245
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