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Pages: 376
Pages: 376
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Utilising a wide range of early sources, this title identifies the roots of the concept of Christian martyrdom, as lloking at how it has been expressed in event
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Pages: 203
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-03-14 - Publisher: Cornell University Press
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