TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moss,Candida
TI  - The myth of persecution: how early Christians invented a story of martyrdom 
SN  - 0062104527
AV  - BR 1601.3 .M67 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - HarperOne
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Persecution
KW  - Martyrdom
KW  - Christianity
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-297) and index; Martyrdom before Christianity -- Christian borrowing of Jewish and Pagan partyrdom traditions -- Inventing martyrs in early Christianity -- How persecuted were the early Christians? -- Why did the Romans dislike Christians? -- Myths about martyrs -- The invention of the persecuted Church -- The dangerous legacy of a martyrdom complex
N2  - A leading scholar on Christian history reveals how the early church forged stories of Christian martyrs and how the legacy of martyrdom is used today to condemn others as enemies and opponents
ER  -