Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... story gives commentators anguish , for on a psychological and narrative plane , Mary should have stayed with Elisa- beth to help with the birth , yet Luke leaves this completely ambiguous.14 The double annunciations to Zacharias and to ...
... story gives commentators anguish , for on a psychological and narrative plane , Mary should have stayed with Elisa- beth to help with the birth , yet Luke leaves this completely ambiguous.14 The double annunciations to Zacharias and to ...
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... story gives commentators anguish , for on a psychological and narrative plane , Mary should have stayed with Elisa- beth to help with the birth , yet Luke leaves this completely ambiguous . 14 The double annunciations to Zacharias and ...
... story gives commentators anguish , for on a psychological and narrative plane , Mary should have stayed with Elisa- beth to help with the birth , yet Luke leaves this completely ambiguous . 14 The double annunciations to Zacharias and ...
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... story of a young boy who has been brought up in a monastery all his life and has never seen a woman . The abbot ... story in all seriousness , for the relationship of moral virtue to strength of all kinds is central to Christian ascetic ...
... story of a young boy who has been brought up in a monastery all his life and has never seen a woman . The abbot ... story in all seriousness , for the relationship of moral virtue to strength of all kinds is central to Christian ascetic ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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