Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary"Devoting different sections of the book to each of the various roles Mary has assumed - Virgin, Queen, Bride, Mother, Intercessor - and drawing on official dogma, folk legend, art, history, literature and psychology, the author of Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism shows how the figure of Mary has shaped and been shaped by changing social and historical circumstances from the first century to the present day, and why, for all their beauty and power (and indeed because of them), the legends of Virgin Mary have condemned real women to perpetual inferiority"--Google books description |
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Page 20
... Joseph , although Luke does add that Joseph was the father of Jesus " by repute . " The genealogies of the two evangelists are otherwise incon- sistent . Even Joseph's own father is different ( Heli in Luke ; Jacob in Matthew ) . The ...
... Joseph , although Luke does add that Joseph was the father of Jesus " by repute . " The genealogies of the two evangelists are otherwise incon- sistent . Even Joseph's own father is different ( Heli in Luke ; Jacob in Matthew ) . The ...
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... Joseph him- self remonstrates against the honour , pleading his age and his family : " I have sons , I am an old man , but she is a girl : lest I become a laughing stock to the children of Israel " ( Book of James 9 : 2 ) . In the ...
... Joseph him- self remonstrates against the honour , pleading his age and his family : " I have sons , I am an old man , but she is a girl : lest I become a laughing stock to the children of Israel " ( Book of James 9 : 2 ) . In the ...
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... Joseph begins to occupy the centre stage and to inspire a cult in his own right . His restraint towards his bride had been singled out for praise and emulation by the Fathers of the Latin Church , like Jerome and Augustine ; in the ...
... Joseph begins to occupy the centre stage and to inspire a cult in his own right . His restraint towards his bride had been singled out for praise and emulation by the Fathers of the Latin Church , like Jerome and Augustine ; in the ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 3 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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