oa Exegetische notities over Maria in het Protevangelium Jacobi

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.