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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 wo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pelikan, Jaroslav, 1923-2006 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1996]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Ave Maria, gratia plena
  • Miriam of Nazareth in the New Testament
  • The daughter of Zion and the fulfillment of prophecy
  • The second Eve and the guarantee of Christ's true humanity
  • The Theotokos, the mother of God
  • The heroine of the Qurʼān and the Black Madonna
  • The handmaid of the Lord and the woman of valor
  • The adornment of worship and the leader of the heavenly choir
  • The Mater dolorosa and the mediatrix
  • The face that most resembles Christ's
  • The model of faith in the word of God
  • The Mater gloriosa and the eternal feminine
  • The woman clothed with the sun
  • The great exception, immaculately conceived
  • The Queen of Heaven, her dormition and her assumption
  • The woman for all seasons--and all reasons.