Spirituality and Law

Abraham Gross is Professor in the Department of History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Professor Gross earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 Martyrs and Martyrdom in the Ancient World: Christian Martyrdom During the Roman Period; The Hadrianic Persecutions: Rabbi Hanina ben Teradion and Rabbi AkivaChapter 3 The Middle Ages: Christianity; The Martyrs of Cordova; The Franciscan Tradition; Summary; Judaism; CourtingKiddush ha-Shem in Jewish Folklore; Medieval Ashkenaz; Flee or Die?; Hasidei Ashkenaz; One Case of Courting Death-A German ProselyteChapter 4 Guilt, Expiation, and Curing Death in the Sixteenth Century: John Bradford: A Disguised Suicide; Solomon Malkho: The Spiritual Biography of a "New Christian"; First Period: Portugal-A "New Christian" Between Judaism and Christianity; Second Period: Chapter 5 Appendix A: Don Lope de Vera y Alarcon: A Spanish Proselyte-MartyrChapter 6 Appendix B: Courting Martyrdom in a Jewish-Christian Polemic from Seventeenth Century AmsterdamChapter 7 Appendix C: Some Early Modern Rabbinic Sources Related to Courting DeathChapter 8 Appendix D: Hebrew SourcesChapter 9 Appendix E: Malkho's Battle BannerChapter 10 Selected BibliographyChapter 11 Index