The Martyrdom of Polycarp

Translation, Introduction, and Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-18384-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Texts and Editions for New Testament Study

This volume provides a detailed introduction addressing critical issues such as authorship, date, integrity, miracles, Jewish involvement, the imitation of Christ, theology, and ethics. The section-by-section commentary examines grammar, philology, text critical questions, metaphors, intertextuality, historical issues, etc. In addition, there are numerous excursuses on topics such as the charge of atheism in antiquity, praying toward the east, the repurposing of Roman stadia, and the cult of the saints. Throughout, the author engages a wide array of secondary literature. A modern theological postscript considers the ongoing relevance of the Martyrdom of Polycarp in our contemporary world marked by religious violence

Autoren/Hrsg.

Croy, N Clayton

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

N. Clayton Croy, Ph.D. (1995), Emory University, has taught at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University, and Southern Nazarene University. He is the author of A Primer of Biblical Greek and several other monographs, peer-reviewed articles, and essays.