Editing Martyr (section)

====Judaism====

[[File:Attavante, martirio dei sette fratelli ebrei, bibl ap vaticana bibbia ms. urb lat 2 f 174v.jpg |thumb| [[Woman with seven sons|''Martyrdom of the seven Hebrew brothers'']],<!-- keep the italics inside --> [[Attavante degli Attavanti]], [[Vatican Library]].{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} ]]
{{main|Martyrdom in Judaism}}{{See also|Self-sacrifice in Jewish law|Kiddush Hashem}}

Martyrdom in [[Judaism]] is one of the main examples of ''[[Kiddush Hashem]]'', meaning "sanctification of God's name" through public dedication to Jewish practice. Religious martyrdom is considered one of the more significant contributions of [[Hellenistic Judaism]] to [[Western Civilization]]. [[1 Maccabees]] and [[2 Maccabees]] recount numerous martyrdoms suffered by [[Jews]] resisting [[Hellenization|Hellenizing]] (adoption of Greek ideas or customs of a [[Hellenistic civilization]]) by their [[Seleucid]] overlords, being executed for such crimes as [[Shabbat|observing the Sabbath]], [[Brit milah|circumcising their boys]] or [[Kashrut|refusing to eat pork or meat sacrificed to foreign gods]]. However, the notion of martyrdom in the Jewish and Christian traditions differ considerably.<ref>See Philippe Bobichon, « Martyre talmudique et martyre chrétien », ''Kentron : Revue du Monde Antique et de Psychologie Historique'' 11, 2 (1995) and 12, 1 (1996), pp. 109–129</ref>