Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... Book of James at the end of the first century — just after the last of the writings in the New Testament . Clement of Alexandria ( d . 215 ) , and the greatest of early Christian exegetes , Origen , both cite the Book of James in ...
... Book of James at the end of the first century — just after the last of the writings in the New Testament . Clement of Alexandria ( d . 215 ) , and the greatest of early Christian exegetes , Origen , both cite the Book of James in ...
Page 31
... Book of James reveals translu- cently its mosaic - like structure and derivativeness . The author drew heavily on the Pentateuch , but he blends Jewish material with Greco- Roman customs in a very unrabbinical manner , which indicates ...
... Book of James reveals translu- cently its mosaic - like structure and derivativeness . The author drew heavily on the Pentateuch , but he blends Jewish material with Greco- Roman customs in a very unrabbinical manner , which indicates ...
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... James , The Apocryphal New Testament , the Book of James , chaps . 22 , 24 . 7. Ibid . , Gospel of Thomas , pp . 49-65 ; Gospel of pseudo - Matthew , chaps . 18-24 , PP . 74-9 . 8. Ibid . , Gospel of pseudo - Matthew , pp . 70-1 . 9 ...
... James , The Apocryphal New Testament , the Book of James , chaps . 22 , 24 . 7. Ibid . , Gospel of Thomas , pp . 49-65 ; Gospel of pseudo - Matthew , chaps . 18-24 , PP . 74-9 . 8. Ibid . , Gospel of pseudo - Matthew , pp . 70-1 . 9 ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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