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Tyrants, Heroes, Prophets, and Martyrs
Shifting Images from the Past to the Present
Series: - Studies in Theology and Religion, Volume: 39
This interdisciplinary Festschrift for Jan Willem van Henten contains nineteen essays that deal with literature from antiquity to the present, covering Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, Hellenism as well as the reception of the Bible in medieval and modern culture. The contributions to this volume address the rich imagery present in tales and texts that feature tyrants, heroes, prophets, and/or martyrs (male, female, or other), including the, often violent, interaction between them. Tyrants have enormous political power. Heroes are characterized by immense courage. Prophets stand out because of their remarkable insight into hidden things. Martyrs have an extraordinary capacity for self-sacrifice and their lives often culminate in violent endings. In discussing, investigating, and questioning these types, this book contributes to a better understanding of premodern texts, their modern cultural impact, and intellectual history.
Caroline Vander Stichele, Tilburg University, is Professor of New Testament and project-leader of 'Religion and Climate Change in the Netherlands', funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Her research focuses on the cultural impact of the Bible, representations of gender, and religion in modern media.
Jacqueline Borsje, University of Amsterdam, is Associate Professor in Religious Studies, specialized in Celtic Studies. Her research focuses on medieval Irish literature, mythology and culture, including monsters, supernatural entities, cosmology, the evil eye, and words of power.
Jacqueline Borsje, University of Amsterdam, is Associate Professor in Religious Studies, specialized in Celtic Studies. Her research focuses on medieval Irish literature, mythology and culture, including monsters, supernatural entities, cosmology, the evil eye, and words of power.
Publications of Jan Willem van Henten
Notes on Contributors
âIntroduction
âJacqueline Borsje and Caroline Vander Stichele
Part 1 Terrible Tyrants
1 The Tyrants and the Rabbis: Persecution and the Birth of the Rabbinic Movement
âYair Furstenberg
2 Think Youâre Tough? Severity as a Core Value in Josephus
âSteve Mason
â3âJosephus on Land Ownership in Judea after 70 CE: the Tribulations and Sense of Jewish War 7.216â217
âDaniel R. Schwartz
4 From Punished Tyrant to Enchanted King: How King Herodâs Diseases Came to Include an Irish One
âJacqueline Borsje
â5âStorytelling and the Struggle against Repression: Hamid Ismailovâs Novel The Devilsâ Dance and the Thousand and One Nights âRichard van Leeuwen
Part 2 Honourable Heroes
6 Sister Figures in the Hebrew Bible Revisited: Some Reflections
âAthalya Brenner-Idan
7 Intertextuality between the Book of Judith and the Lindos Chronicle
âBarbara Schmitz
8 Heroes of Patientia: Representing á½Ïομονή in 4 Maccabees
âSilvia Castelli
9 Paul, Politics, and Passions: Beyond Heroics
âJeremy Punt
Part 3 Powerful Prophets
10 The Prophetâs Mantle: from Elijah to John the Baptist
âKarel van der Toorn
11 The Shifting Image of Elijah the Prophet in Text and Iconography
âLieve M. Teugels
12 Playing Her Part: Herodiasâ Role in the Gospels and Josephus
âCaroline Vander Stichele
Part 4 Memorable Martyrs
13 Exemplary Death Narratives and the âParting of the Waysâ
âAdele Reinhartz
14 Basilides and Clement on Providence and Persecutions in Hadrianic Alexandria
âDylan M. Burns
â15âThe Passion of Dioscorus and the Authenticity of Martyrdom Accounts
âJan N. Bremmer
â16âThe Heroic Martyr and Prophet of Hermetic Renovation: Giordano Bruno in John Crowleyâs Aegypt âWouter J. Hanegraaff
17 Remembering the Christian Martyrs of Japan
âCarolina Ivanescu
18 Jewish Martyrdom and the Problem of Crucifixion
âRuben J. van Wingerden
19 Das ist der Doktor Zunz! Masculine Virtues and Public Persona in the Nineteenth-Century Wissenschaft des Judentums
âIrene Zwiep
Index of Modern Authors
Notes on Contributors
âIntroduction
âJacqueline Borsje and Caroline Vander Stichele
Part 1 Terrible Tyrants
1 The Tyrants and the Rabbis: Persecution and the Birth of the Rabbinic Movement
âYair Furstenberg
2 Think Youâre Tough? Severity as a Core Value in Josephus
âSteve Mason
â3âJosephus on Land Ownership in Judea after 70 CE: the Tribulations and Sense of Jewish War 7.216â217
âDaniel R. Schwartz
4 From Punished Tyrant to Enchanted King: How King Herodâs Diseases Came to Include an Irish One
âJacqueline Borsje
â5âStorytelling and the Struggle against Repression: Hamid Ismailovâs Novel The Devilsâ Dance and the Thousand and One Nights âRichard van Leeuwen
Part 2 Honourable Heroes
6 Sister Figures in the Hebrew Bible Revisited: Some Reflections
âAthalya Brenner-Idan
7 Intertextuality between the Book of Judith and the Lindos Chronicle
âBarbara Schmitz
8 Heroes of Patientia: Representing á½Ïομονή in 4 Maccabees
âSilvia Castelli
9 Paul, Politics, and Passions: Beyond Heroics
âJeremy Punt
Part 3 Powerful Prophets
10 The Prophetâs Mantle: from Elijah to John the Baptist
âKarel van der Toorn
11 The Shifting Image of Elijah the Prophet in Text and Iconography
âLieve M. Teugels
12 Playing Her Part: Herodiasâ Role in the Gospels and Josephus
âCaroline Vander Stichele
Part 4 Memorable Martyrs
13 Exemplary Death Narratives and the âParting of the Waysâ
âAdele Reinhartz
14 Basilides and Clement on Providence and Persecutions in Hadrianic Alexandria
âDylan M. Burns
â15âThe Passion of Dioscorus and the Authenticity of Martyrdom Accounts
âJan N. Bremmer
â16âThe Heroic Martyr and Prophet of Hermetic Renovation: Giordano Bruno in John Crowleyâs Aegypt âWouter J. Hanegraaff
17 Remembering the Christian Martyrs of Japan
âCarolina Ivanescu
18 Jewish Martyrdom and the Problem of Crucifixion
âRuben J. van Wingerden
19 Das ist der Doktor Zunz! Masculine Virtues and Public Persona in the Nineteenth-Century Wissenschaft des Judentums
âIrene Zwiep
Index of Modern Authors
This book is of interest to scholars/students in religion, theology, history, culture, and literature. Investigated are texts that feature tyrants, heroes, prophets and martyrs from antiquity to the present, including their relevance to contemporary/popular culture.