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Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs

Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs. The Virgin-Martyr Agnes, Gold-Glass from fourth-century Rome. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs

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Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs

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  1. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs The Virgin-Martyr Agnes, Gold-Glass from fourth-century Rome

  2. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context

  3. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context • II. Conviction of (Women) Martyrs: Historical & Literary Precedents

  4. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context • II. Conviction of (Women) Martyrs: Historical & Literary Precedents • A. Apocalyptic Literature & Themes

  5. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context • II. Conviction of (Women) Martyrs: Historical & Literary Precedents • A. Apocalyptic Literature & Themes • B. Late Jewish Legacy: Maccabean Martyrs

  6. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context • II. Conviction of (Women) Martyrs: Historical & Literary Precedents • A. Apocalyptic Literature & Themes • B. Late Jewish Legacy: Maccabean Martyrs • C. The Model of Jesus: Redemptive Suffering

  7. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context • II. Conviction of (Women) Martyrs: Historical & Literary Precedents • A. Apocalyptic Literature & Themes • B. Late Jewish Legacy: Maccabean Martyrs • C. The Model of Jesus: Redemptive Suffering • III. Challenging Authority? The Meaning of Women’s Martyrdom

  8. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context • II. Conviction of (Women) Martyrs: Historical & Literary Precedents • A. Apocalyptic Literature & Themes • B. Late Jewish Legacy: Maccabean Martyrs • C. The Model of Jesus: Redemptive Suffering • III. Challenging Authority? The Meaning of Women’s Martyrdom • A. Women Martyrs as Subversives: Celsus on Women

  9. It is “only foolish & low individuals, and persons devoid of perception, and slaves, and women, and children, of whom the teachers of the divine word wish to make converts.” -Contra Celsum 3.49 Celsus described Christians as “persons of the most uninstructed and rustic character…” Furthermore, “they get hold of the children privately, and certain stupid women with them, and they pour forth astounding statements, as for example, that they must not pay any attention to their father or school teacher, but must obey them.” -Contra Celsum, 3.55

  10. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context • II. Conviction of (Women) Martyrs: Historical & Literary Precedents • A. Apocalyptic Literature & Themes • B. Late Jewish Legacy: Maccabean Martyrs • C. The Model of Jesus: Redemptive Suffering • III. Challenging Authority? The Meaning of Women’s Martyrdom • A. Women Martyrs as Subversives: Celsus on Women • B. Martyrdom & Power • 1. Leadership roles

  11. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context • II. Conviction of (Women) Martyrs: Historical & Literary Precedents • A. Apocalyptic Literature & Themes • B. Late Jewish Legacy: Maccabean Martyrs • C. The Model of Jesus: Redemptive Suffering • III. Challenging Authority? The Meaning of Women’s Martyrdom • A. Women Martyrs as Subversives: Celsus on Women • B. Martyrdom & Power • 1. Leadership roles • 2. Heavenly power

  12. Women as Heroines: Accounts of Women Martyrs • I. Persecution and Martyrdom: Historical Context • II. Conviction of (Women) Martyrs: Historical & Literary Precedents • A. Apocalyptic Literature & Themes • B. Late Jewish Legacy: Maccabean Martyrs • C. The Model of Jesus: Redemptive Suffering • III. Challenging Authority? The Meaning of Women’s Martyrdom • A. Women Martyrs as Subversives: Celsus on Women • B. Martyrdom & Power • 1. Leadership roles • 2. Heavenly power • 3. Transcending Identity

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