"This book presents an interpretive, macro-historical and sociological account of martyrdom. Moving away from the notion of martyrdom as an object of individual behaviour and seeing it instead as a significant cultural work performed by communities in the wake of a violent death…
This monograph examines Hebrews' understanding of the relationship between old covenant sacrifices and Christ's new covenant sacrifice, especially as it relates to the question of efficacy. The heavenly cult in Hebrews gives the framework for relating the levitical cult to the C…
The Question of Sacrifice
by Project Muse, Keenan, Dennis King
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
The question of sacrifice
by ebrary, Inc, Keenan, Dennis King
fromStudies in Continental thought
The question of sacrifice
by ProQuest (Firm), Keenan, Dennis King
fromStudies in Continental thought
Keenan (Fairfield Univ.) has written a book on Emmanuel Levinas and journal articles on Nietzsche, Levinas, Derrida, and Kristeva. In the chapters of this new work, he treats these authors and more in a manner that reflects an almost excessive erudition and layered approach to t…