Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 156
... earth , as in the mystic marriage of St. Catherine , was highly developed in the fourteenth century . Religious dramas followed the Book of James ' account of the betrothal and mar- riage of Joseph and Mary , but transformed it into a ...
... earth , as in the mystic marriage of St. Catherine , was highly developed in the fourteenth century . Religious dramas followed the Book of James ' account of the betrothal and mar- riage of Joseph and Mary , but transformed it into a ...
Page 259
... earth , not the moon , the iconography so resembles the Immaculate Con- ception that the two spheres have been confused , and the saving activities of the Virgin are intimately intertwined with the imagery of the moon , whose silver ...
... earth , not the moon , the iconography so resembles the Immaculate Con- ception that the two spheres have been confused , and the saving activities of the Virgin are intimately intertwined with the imagery of the moon , whose silver ...
Page 260
... earth at night . Had Christianity not taken root in the sun- baked east , the astral images it employs might have been very different . ( The religion is not always consistent in its use , however : the sun also corresponds to the ...
... earth at night . Had Christianity not taken root in the sun- baked east , the astral images it employs might have been very different . ( The religion is not always consistent in its use , however : the sun also corresponds to the ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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