A Life in the Shadow of the Cross
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2024-09-21
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Early Christian martyrdom accounts often feature gender-based violence used against
female martyrs such as: (attempted) rape, sexual torture, and condemnation to the brothel.
Modern scholarly interpretation treats this gender-specific violence as incidental compared to
the martyrdom in the arena or public execution. By analysing early Christian martyr accounts
and their contemporary scholarly interpretation, this study will show that the gender-specific
sufferings of female martyrs in early Christian martyr texts has largely been treated separately
from their martyrdom and thus the female-specific experience of early Christian discourse has
been, in a sense, made invisible.
Key words: gender-specific suffering, persecution, martyrdom, vulnerability, invisibility
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Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen