Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture Paperback - 1998
by Jaroslav Pelikan
From the author of the bestselling book, Jesus Through the Centuries, comes this important work that tells how Mary has been depicted and venerated through the ages. Pelikan examines the biblical portrait of Mary. He explores the view of Mary in late antiquity, and analyzes the place of Mary in history. Includes 33 illustrations, 16 in color.
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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. He explains how the paradox of Mary as Virgin Mother shaped the paradoxical Catholic view of sexuality and how Reformation rejection of the worship of Mary allowed her to be a model of faith for Protestants. He considers also her role in political and social history. He analyzes the place of Mary in literature - from Dante, Spenser, and Milton to Wordsworth, George Eliot, and Goethe - as well as in music and art, and he describes the miraculous apparitions of Mary that have been experienced by the common people.
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- Title Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture
- Author Jaroslav Pelikan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing (
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven
- Date September 10, 1998
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780300076615 / 0300076614
- Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.43 x 5.45 x 0.91 in (21.41 x 13.84 x 2.31 cm)
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- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96024726
- Dewey Decimal Code 232.91
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- Library Journal, 08/01/1999, Page 0
- New York Times, 04/04/1999, Page 24
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