| Description |
vii, 225 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Feminist interpretations of the infancy narrative of Matthew / Jane Schaberg -- Virgin Mother or bastard child? / John Dominic Crossan -- Sex, birth, purity and asceticism in the Protevangelium Jacobi / Pieter W. van der Horst -- Virginity as purity in the Protevangelium of James / Mary F. Foskett -- Christmas with Salome / George Themelis Zervos -- What does it mean to call Mary Mariam? / Dierdre Good -- The Genesis of Mariology / George H. Tavard -- 'All generations will call me blessed' : Mary in Biblical and ecumenical perspective / Beverly Roberts Gaventa -- Miriam of Nazareth : between symbol and history / John van den Hengel -- 'The historical Mary' and Dea Creatrix : a historical-critical contribution to feminist theological reflection / Jorunn Økland -- Human and divine : the Marys in early Christian tradition / Valerie Abrahamsen -- Mandaean appropriation of Jesus' Mother, Miriai / Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Theology.
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Feminist theology.
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| Added Author |
Levine, Amy-Jill, 1956-
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Robbins, Maria Mayo.
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| ISBN |
082981700X |
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9780829817003 |
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