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'God wants it!'; the ideology of martyrdom in the Hebrew crusade chronicles and its Jewish and Christian background.


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'God wants it!'; the ideology of martyrdom Martyrdom
See also Sacrifice.

Agatha, St.

tortured for resisting advances of Quintianus. [Christian Hagiog.: Daniel, 21]

Alban, St.

traditionally, first British martyr. [Christian Hagiog: NCE, 49]

Andrew, St.
 in the Hebrew crusade chronicles and its Jewish and Christian background.

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Brepols Publishers

2006

419 pages

$96.00

Hardcover

Medieval church studies; 6

BM176

Roos examines this relatively little-known period in the first months of the First Crusade, in which crusaders briefly turned their passion for Jerusalem into a passion for converting and killing Jews. Using Latin accounts, three Hebrew Chronicles and a number of Hebrew liturgical poems, she finds new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track.  about Jewish martyrdom that differ significantly from those written by Jews living under Arab rule. The result begins to answer important questions about how Jews understood their fate in a vicious age. Distributed in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  by The David Brown David Brown may refer to any of the following people:
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