id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 4f16c25007w Justin J. Buol Bishop Martyrs: Authority and Suffering in the Second Century CE 1904 .txt text/plain 347 14 44 Although studies of early Christian martyrs have blossomed in recent decades, surprisingly there exists no comprehensive study of bishop martyrs, despite the large number of martyrs who occupied positions of leadership within the church. These effective deaths include, among others, the Roman devotio ritual, the Greek φαρμακός ritual and myth, the Jewish martyrs of 2 and 4 Maccabees, Jesus's death, and Paul's suffering and anticipated death. cache/4f16c25007w.txt txt/4f16c25007w.txt