- ISSN: 2542-6583
- E-ISSN: 2590-3268
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oa Exegetische notities over Maria in het Protevangelium Jacobi
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, Volume 50, Issue 2, Apr 1996, p. 108 - 121
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- 01 Apr 1996
Abstract
Abstract
This essay discusses the original background of various motifs in PJ’s description of Mary, all of them having to do with sex, birth, purity and ascetism: her being a seven-months’ baby, her eating angelic food, her removal from the temple at the age of twelve, and her perpetual virginity are studied in the light of ancient Pagan, Jewish, and Christian concepts.
© Pieter W. van der Horst
