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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... Luke was writing after Matthew . If he knew Matthew's account , he rejected it . For in the first two chapters of Luke , Joseph does not dream , the wise men do not come to adore the child , Herod does not massacre the innocents , and ...
... Luke was writing after Matthew . If he knew Matthew's account , he rejected it . For in the first two chapters of Luke , Joseph does not dream , the wise men do not come to adore the child , Herod does not massacre the innocents , and ...
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... ( Luke 2:40 ) . Of John the Baptist , Luke had written , " And the child grew , and waxed strong in spirit , and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel " ( Luke 1:80 ) . As a coda to his account of Jesus ' birth , Luke ...
... ( Luke 2:40 ) . Of John the Baptist , Luke had written , " And the child grew , and waxed strong in spirit , and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel " ( Luke 1:80 ) . As a coda to his account of Jesus ' birth , Luke ...
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... [ Luke 1:27 ] ) and at the time of the Nativity ( " Mary his espoused wife ” [ Luke 2 : 5 ] ) , which implies that their union was the same on both occa- sions . Yet Mary says to Gabriel when she is told she is to bear a son , that she ...
... [ Luke 1:27 ] ) and at the time of the Nativity ( " Mary his espoused wife ” [ Luke 2 : 5 ] ) , which implies that their union was the same on both occa- sions . Yet Mary says to Gabriel when she is told she is to bear a son , that she ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 3 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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