@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/NTT1996.50.002.HORS, author = "van der Horst, Pieter W.", title = "Exegetische notities over Maria in het Protevangelium Jacobi", journal= "NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion", year = "1996", volume = "50", number = "2", pages = "108-121", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/NTT1996.50.002.HORS", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/NTT1996.50.002.HORS", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "2590-3268", type = "Journal Article", 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.", }