Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 58
... woman is the cause of the Fall , the wicked temptress , the accomplice of Satan , and the destroyer of mankind . The fury unleashed against Eve and all her kind is almost flattering , so exaggerated is the picture of women's fatal and ...
... woman is the cause of the Fall , the wicked temptress , the accomplice of Satan , and the destroyer of mankind . The fury unleashed against Eve and all her kind is almost flattering , so exaggerated is the picture of women's fatal and ...
Page 140
... woman whom he would be ashamed to marry , is crucial , for it indicates the exclusively aristocratic context of courtly love , and secondly implies the importance of the woman's social position in marriage transactions of his class and ...
... woman whom he would be ashamed to marry , is crucial , for it indicates the exclusively aristocratic context of courtly love , and secondly implies the importance of the woman's social position in marriage transactions of his class and ...
Page 245
... woman , and between thy seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy head , and thou shalt bruise his heel . " The seed of the woman , not the woman herself , attacks the serpent ; and the blow - whatever it is , for different translations ...
... woman , and between thy seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy head , and thou shalt bruise his heel . " The seed of the woman , not the woman herself , attacks the serpent ; and the blow - whatever it is , for different translations ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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