Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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... womb is total . When Apollo comes to arbitrate , he gives judgement for Orestes : " The so- called offspring is not produced by the mother . She is no more than the nurse , as it were , of the newly conceived foetus . It is the male who ...
... womb is total . When Apollo comes to arbitrate , he gives judgement for Orestes : " The so- called offspring is not produced by the mother . She is no more than the nurse , as it were , of the newly conceived foetus . It is the male who ...
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... womb was stained by sin from the moment of its conception , the evils of sex were particularly identified with the female . Woman was womb and womb was evil : this cluster of ideas endemic to Christianity is but the extension of ...
... womb was stained by sin from the moment of its conception , the evils of sex were particularly identified with the female . Woman was womb and womb was evil : this cluster of ideas endemic to Christianity is but the extension of ...
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... womb of Mary was prefigured in Scripture in a score of different ways : she was fecundated , like the fleece of Gideon drenched with dew while all around it remained dry ( Judges 6 : 36-40 ) ; the rod of Aaron , like the womb of the ...
... womb of Mary was prefigured in Scripture in a score of different ways : she was fecundated , like the fleece of Gideon drenched with dew while all around it remained dry ( Judges 6 : 36-40 ) ; the rod of Aaron , like the womb of the ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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