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This scholarly work from T&T Clark explores the complex theological landscape of martyrdom in early Christianity, examining how multiple perspectives on religious sacrifice coexisted within the emerging Church. While mainstream Christian teaching held that believers should accept martyrdom rather than renounce their faith-yet must never actively seek death-historical evidence reveals that some early Christians did pursue what scholars call volitional or radical martyrdom, deliberately surrendering themselves to arrest and persecution. This book challenges the conventional scholarly narrative by recovering and examining these overlooked instances of deliberate self-sacrifice, demonstrating that radical martyrdom represented a significant but largely dismissed strand of early Christian thought and practice. The work contributes to New Testament criticism and interpretation by reassessing attitudes toward death, faith, and cosmic conflict in the formative centuries of Christianity.

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Part of the Library of New Testament Studies series, providing scholarly analysis of martyrdom theology in early Christian communities.

Examines volitional martyrdom as a distinct theological position that differs from orthodox Church teaching on accepting but not courting death.

Recovers overlooked historical instances of radical martyrdom, where early Christians deliberately sought arrest rather than denying their faith.

Contributes to New Testament criticism by exploring how cosmic conflict beliefs influenced early Christian attitudes toward persecution and sacrifice.

Published by T&T Clark Ltd, a respected academic press specialising in biblical and theological scholarship.

Addresses the tension between martyrdom as suffering accepted through faith and martyrdom as glorified death actively pursued by certain believers.

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29 June 2006
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12 December 2006

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