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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... angel appears to him and tells him a son will be born to him , whom he is to call John . Zacharias is astounded , and asks for a sign that the message is true . The angel identifies himself as Gabriel , and strikes Zacharias dumb . When ...
... angel appears to him and tells him a son will be born to him , whom he is to call John . Zacharias is astounded , and asks for a sign that the message is true . The angel identifies himself as Gabriel , and strikes Zacharias dumb . When ...
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... angel , who is not named but who reminds him of Gabriel in his earlier vision . The angel's words , " Fear not , Daniel " ( Daniel 10 : 2 ) , Gabriel echoes to both Zacharias , and Mary at the Annunciation . Daniel is then struck dumb ...
... angel , who is not named but who reminds him of Gabriel in his earlier vision . The angel's words , " Fear not , Daniel " ( Daniel 10 : 2 ) , Gabriel echoes to both Zacharias , and Mary at the Annunciation . Daniel is then struck dumb ...
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... angel walking together . They come to a putrefying corpse and the man holds his nose , while the angel appears unaware . Then they pass a beautiful youth , and it is the angel's turn to hold his nose in disgust . The rankness of the ...
... angel walking together . They come to a putrefying corpse and the man holds his nose , while the angel appears unaware . Then they pass a beautiful youth , and it is the angel's turn to hold his nose in disgust . The rankness of the ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 3 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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