How Long to Read The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees

How Long Does it Take to Read The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 42 minutes to read The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees by Naomi Janowitz

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Description

Centering on the first extant martyr story (2 Maccabees 7), this study explores the "autonomous value" of martyrdom. The story of a mother and her seven sons who die under the torture of the Greek king Antiochus displaces the long-problematic Temple sacrificial cult with new cultic practices, and presents a new family romance that encodes unconscious fantasies of child-bearing fathers and eternal mergers with mothers. This study places the martyr story in the historical context of the Hasmonean struggle for legitimacy in the face of Jewish civil wars, and uses psychoanalytic theories to...

How long is The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees?

The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees by Naomi Janowitz is 102 pages long, and a total of 25,704 words.

This makes it 34% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to read The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees aloud.

What Reading Level is The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees?

The Family Romance of Martyrdom in Second Maccabees is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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