Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... marriage but one who was ripe for picking . However contra- dictory , Christian asceticism absorbed the Jewish virgin bride as a pri- mary symbol.3 There was a long biblical tradition of nuptial imagery . The prophet Hosea , writing ...
... marriage but one who was ripe for picking . However contra- dictory , Christian asceticism absorbed the Jewish virgin bride as a pri- mary symbol.3 There was a long biblical tradition of nuptial imagery . The prophet Hosea , writing ...
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... marriage . However unimportant women may have been in other respects in the warrior world of the middle ages , they ... marriage to Louis VII in 1137 , and then fifteen years later to the English crown , on her marriage to Henry II ...
... marriage . However unimportant women may have been in other respects in the warrior world of the middle ages , they ... marriage to Louis VII in 1137 , and then fifteen years later to the English crown , on her marriage to Henry II ...
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... marriage was often free and easy , influenced by the Church's repugnance in dealing with the question of holy sexual relations . However , Paul had called marriage a mysterion ( Ephesians 5:32 ) , translated in the Vulgate as ...
... marriage was often free and easy , influenced by the Church's repugnance in dealing with the question of holy sexual relations . However , Paul had called marriage a mysterion ( Ephesians 5:32 ) , translated in the Vulgate as ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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