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Perfect martyr : the stoning of Stephen and the construction of Christian identity /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthews, Shelly
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Stephen, > Saint, > -approximately 36.
Bible. > Acts > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Identification (Religion)
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Table of Contents:
  • Situating Acts
  • Perfect martyr: situating Stephen within Acts
  • Disrupting Acts: reading Stephen alongside James, the brother of Jesus
  • "Father, forgive them": the place of the perfect prayer in the construction of Christian identity.