Martyrdom: A Select Bibliography

Articles from Standard Religion Encyclopedias

• "Martyrdom." Encyclopedia of Religion. 9:230-238. [Knight Ref BL 31 .E46]
• "Shahid." Encyclopaedia of Islam. 9:203-207. [Knight Ref DS 37 .E523]
• "Kiddush Ha-Shem." Encyclopaedia Judaica. 10: 978-986. [Knight Ref DS 102.8 .E496]

Books

• Agus, Aharon. The binding of Isaac and Messiah: law, martyrdom, and deliverance in early rabbinic religiosity. [Knight BM 645 .M34 A38 1988]
• Bekkenkamp, Jonneke and Yvonne Sherwood, editors. Sanctified aggression: legacies of biblical and post-biblical vocabularies of violence. [Knight BS 680 .v5 S36 2003]
• Boyarin, Daniel. Dying for God: martyrdom and the making of Christianity and Judaism. [Knight BM 176 .B65 1999]
• Cormack, Margaret, editor. Sacrificing the self: perspectives on martyrdom and religion. [Knight BL 626.5 .S23 2001]
• Cummins, Stephen. Paul and the crucified Christ in Antioch: Maccabean martyrdom and Galatians 1 and 2. [Knight BS 2685.52 .C86 2001]
• Davis, Joyce. Martyrs: innocence, vengeance, and despair in the Middle East. [Knight BP 190.5 .M3 D39 2003]
• Droge, Arthur J. and James Tabor. A noble death: suicide and martyrdom among Christians and Jews in antiquity HV 6543 .D76 1991
• Einbinder, Susan. Beautiful death: Jewish poetry and martyrdom in medieval France. [Knight PJ 5023 .E46 2002]
• Firestone, Reuven. Jihad: the origin of holy war in Islam. [Knight BP 182 .F5 1999]
• Frend, W.H.C. Martyrdom and persecution in the early church. [Knight BR 1604.2 .F7 1965]
• Henten, J.W. van and Friedrich Avemarie. Martyrdom and noble death: selected texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian antiquity. [Knight BL 626.5 .H44 2002]
• Horbury, William and Brian McNeil, editors. Suffering and martyrdom in the New Testament... [Knight BS 2545 .S9 S83]
• Maimonides. Crisis and leadership: epistles of Maimonides. [Knight BM 545 .A2513 1985]
• Massignon, Louis. The passion of al-Hallaj: mystic and martyr of Islam. [Knight BP 80 .H27 M3713 1982]
• Origen. Prayer: exhortation to martyrdom. [Knight BR 60 .A35 no. 19]
• Rahner, Karl. On the theology of death. [Knight 236.1 .R129]
• Reuter, Christoph. My life is a weapon: a modern history of suicide bombing. [Knight BP 190.5 .V56 R4813 2004]
• Smith, Lacey Baldwin. Fools, martyrs, traitors: the story of martyrdom in the Western world. [Knight BL 626.5 .S65 1997]
• Weiner, Eugene and Anita. The martyr's conviction: a sociological analysis. [Knight BL 626.5 .W45 1990]
• Young, Robin Darling. In procession before the world: martyrdom as public liturgy in early Christianity. [Knight BR 1604.23 .Y68 2001]