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Which Mary? : the Marys of early Christian tradition / edited by F. Stanley Jones.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS2485 .W45 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Symposium series (Society of Biblical Literature) ; no. 19.
- Society of Biblical Literature symposium series ; no. 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mary Magdalene, Saint--Congresses.
- Mary Magdalene.
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Congresses.
- Mary.
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
- Mary Magdalene, Saint.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- x, 141 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Summary:
- Cutting-edge contributions on early Christian Marys offer a variety of perspectives by leading scholars, and probe the earliest traditions on the Marys, both canonical and non-canonical, as preserved in Western and Oriental languages.Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).
- Contents:
- A case of mistaken identity? : naming the Gnostic Mary / Stephen J. Shoemaker
- The Mother of Jesus or Magdalene? : the identity of Mary in the so-called Gnostic Christian texts / Antti Marjanen
- Setting the record straight
- the politics of identification : Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother in Pistis Sophia / Ann Graham Brock
- Why all the controversy? : Mary in the Gospel of Mary / Karen L. King
- Mary Magdalene in the Acts of Philip / François Bovon
- The Portrait of Mary in the Ascension of Isaiah / Jonathan Knight
- Seeking the source of the Marian myth : have we found the missing link? / George T. Zervos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-130) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9004127089
- OCLC:
- 50322932
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