Alone of all her sex: the myth and the cult of the Virgin Mary |
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Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 17 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Alone of all her sex: the myth and the cult of the Virgin Mary |
| Author | Marina Warner |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Knopf : distributed by Random House, 1976 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0394499131, 9780394499130 |
| Length | 400 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Theology / Mariology |
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