Mary Through the Centuries
Subtitle: Her Place in the History of Culture
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 10, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780300076615
Subjects: Cultural studies; Saints & hagiography; The historical Jesus; Religion; History; Religion - Church History; Theology; Religion / History; Doctrinal theology; Christianity - Catholic; Sociology of Religion; Blessed Virgin, Saint; History of doctrines; Mary,
First sentence: Because this book is not an inquiry into who Mary was in the first century but into what " through the centuries" she has been experienced and understood to be, biblical materials dealing with her have an essentially retrospective function here.