Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... Greek Septuagint translation of the Bible , where the Hebrew word ' almah had been translated as parthenos in Greek . The two words are not synonymous , for ' almah means a young girl of marriageable age , with a primary connotation of ...
... Greek Septuagint translation of the Bible , where the Hebrew word ' almah had been translated as parthenos in Greek . The two words are not synonymous , for ' almah means a young girl of marriageable age , with a primary connotation of ...
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... Greek account , which claimed the eyewitness authority of the apostle John himself , formed the basis of numerous sermons and hom- ilies in the east from the seventh century onwards . When Jesus arrives in the Virgin's chamber , she ...
... Greek account , which claimed the eyewitness authority of the apostle John himself , formed the basis of numerous sermons and hom- ilies in the east from the seventh century onwards . When Jesus arrives in the Virgin's chamber , she ...
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... Greek and Latin worlds . It was at this time also that the papacy emerged as a western power : Pope Stephen III ... Greek monks who were first given it to embellish and tend in the eighth century after they had fled to safety in the west ...
... Greek and Latin worlds . It was at this time also that the papacy emerged as a western power : Pope Stephen III ... Greek monks who were first given it to embellish and tend in the eighth century after they had fled to safety in the west ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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