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Index
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Constructing Identity Through Cultural Appropriation
Scholarship and Early Christian Martyrologies
Martyrdom and identity Formation
Christianity and the Roman World: Appropriation or Subversion?
1. What Is a Christian? Constructing a Christian Identity
Constructing Social identity
Social identity Theory Applied
Sex and Gender in Antiquity
2. Noble Athletes: Gladiatorial, Athletic, and Martial Imagery in the Martyr Acts
Martyrdom and the Amphitheater
The Gladiator in Antiquity
The Athlete and the Soldier in Antiquity
3. Be a Man: Narrative Tools of Masculinization in Early Christian Martyr Acts
Masculinity and Virtue
Constructing Masculinity by Comparison
4. Putting Women in Their Place: Masculinizing and Feminizing the Female Martyr
Perpetua
Felicitas
Blandina
Agathonike
Conclusion: Gender and Language in Early Christian Martyr Texts
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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