Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 85
... death is allotted thee . " But the Devil , he adds , cannot hurt her . Peter tells Jesus that , as Mary was his " immaculate chamber , " " thou shouldst raise up the body of thy mother and take her with thee rejoicing into heaven ...
... death is allotted thee . " But the Devil , he adds , cannot hurt her . Peter tells Jesus that , as Mary was his " immaculate chamber , " " thou shouldst raise up the body of thy mother and take her with thee rejoicing into heaven ...
Page 97
... death in extremely varying ways . For very complicated reasons - which can only be hazarded with hesi- tation - Christianity has not assuaged the horror of the grave by promises of eternal life . One reason is certainly the idea of the ...
... death in extremely varying ways . For very complicated reasons - which can only be hazarded with hesi- tation - Christianity has not assuaged the horror of the grave by promises of eternal life . One reason is certainly the idea of the ...
Page 363
... Death of George Eliot ; Death of Flau- bert 1883 Death of Wag- ner 1883 Death of Karl Marx 1885 Death of Victor Hugo 1889 Death of Gerard Manley Hopkins 1890-1915 Frazer : The Golden Bough 1910 Death of Tolstoy 1942 World dedicated to ...
... Death of George Eliot ; Death of Flau- bert 1883 Death of Wag- ner 1883 Death of Karl Marx 1885 Death of Victor Hugo 1889 Death of Gerard Manley Hopkins 1890-1915 Frazer : The Golden Bough 1910 Death of Tolstoy 1942 World dedicated to ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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