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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sacrificing the self : perspectives on martyrdom and
world religion / edited by Margaret Cormack.
p. cm. — (AAR the religions)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-514999-8; ISBN 0-19-515000-7 (pbk.)
1. Martyrdom—History of doctrines. I. Cormack, Margaret (Margaret Jean)
II. AAR the religions (Unnumbered)
BL626.5 .S23 2002
291.2'3—dc21 2001036132

We thank Representations for permission to use a revised version of
Carlin Barton's article and Princeton University Press for permission to
reprint Lindsey Harlan's translations of poetry.

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