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Mary through the centuries : her place in the history of culture

The Virgin Mary has been an inspiration to more people than any other woman who ever lived. For Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and Muslims, for artists, musicians, and writers, and for women and men everywhere she has shown many faces and personified a variety of virtues. In this important book, a world-renowned scholar who is the author of numerous books - including the best-selling Jesus Through the Centuries - tells how Mary has been depicted and venerated through the ages. Jaroslav Pelikan examines the biblical portrait of Mary, analyzing both the New and Old Testaments to see how the bits of information provided about her were expanded into a full-blown doctrine. He explores the view of Mary in late antiquity, where the differences between Mary, the mother of Christ, and Eve, the "mother of all living," provided positive and negative symbols of women. He discusses how the Eastern church commemorated Mary and how she was portrayed in the Holy Qur'an of Islam
Print Book, English, ©1996
Yale University Press, New Haven, ©1996
History
x, 267 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
9780300069518, 9780300076615, 0300069510, 0300076614
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Mary Through the Centuries
Her Place in the History of Culture

By Jaroslav Pelikan

Yale University Press

Copyright © 1996 Yale University.All rights reserved.
ISBN: 0-300-06951-0


Contents

Preface.............................................................ixIntroduction: Ave Maria, Gratia Plena................................11 Miriam of Nazareth in the New Testament............................72 The Daughter of Zion and the Fulfillment of Prophecy..............233 The Second Eve and the Guarantee of Christ's True Humanity........394 The Theotokos, the Mother of God..................................555 The Heroine of the Qur'an and the Black Madonna...................676 The Handmaid of the Lord and the Woman of Valor...................817 The Adornment of Worship and the Leader of the Heavenly  Choir.............................................................978 The Paragon of Chastity and the Blessed Mother...................1139 The Mater Dolorosa and the Mediatrix.............................12510 The Face That Most Resembles Christ's...........................13911 The Model of Faith in the Word of God...........................15312 The Mater Gloriosa and the Eternal Feminine.....................16513 The Woman Clothed with the Sun..................................17714 The Great Exception, Immaculately Conceived.....................18915 The Queen of Heaven, Her Dormition and Her Assumption...........20116 The Woman for All Seasons--And All Reasons......................215Bibliographic Note.................................................225Abbreviations......................................................229Notes..............................................................231Index of Proper Names..............................................259Index of Biblical References.......................................264Color plates follow page............................................84