The Virgin Mary : a very short introduction /
The Virgin Mary - a Jewish mother - is central to Christianity, a revered woman in Islam, and a person of persistent fascination for centuries. Marian worship and theology has inspired countless appearances in art, as well as religious philosophy and doctrine, while the concept of the Virgin herself...
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Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2021]
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Edition: | First edition. |
Series: | Very short introductions ;
686. |
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Table of Contents:
- Meeting Mary : the surprising virgin
- Mary in the New Testament, history, and earliest Christianity
- Mary after the gospels : new stories and evolving doctrine
- Mary the goddess?
- Eastern Mary--Byzantium and Islam
- Empress of heaven and hell : Mary in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Modern Mary--Reformation to the present.