Article: Harvey Yunis (ed.). Written texts and the rise of literate culture in ancient Greece.(Experiencing Old Age in Ancient Rome)(Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption)(Book Review)

Article: Review of Cleo Mcnelly Kearns, the Virgin Mary, ...
Bible and Critical Theory;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...REVIEW OF CLEO MCNELLY KEARNS, THE VIRGIN MARY, MONOTHEISM AND SACRIFICE (CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2008) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In this important book, Kearns addresses three related questions. How can Mary serve as both ...

Article: From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the ...
The Catholic Historical Review;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary. By Rachel Fulton. (New York: Columbia University Press. 2002. Pp. xx, 676; 8 plates. $40.00.) The subject of this book-the origin and development of medieval European ...

Article: The Virgin Mary, Monotheism, and Sacrifice.(Brief ...
Contemporary Review;  June 22, 2009 ;     555 words ...The Virgin Mary, Monotheism, and Sacrifice. Cleo McNelly Kearns. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]50.00 (US ... investigation. Why is the Blessed Virgin Mary so appealing to so many different ...

Article: From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the ...
Church History;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...From Judgment to Passion: Devotion to Christ and the Virgin Mary, 800-1200. By Rachel Fulton. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. xx + 676 pp. $40.00 cloth. This is an extremely ambitious book--so much so that one may fairly ...

Article: Kreitzer, Beth: Reforming Mary: Changing Images of the ...
History: Review of New Books;  June 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Kreitzer, Beth Reforming Mary: Changing Images of the Virgin Mary in Lutheran Sermons of the Sixteenth Century New York: Oxford University Press 239 pp., $55.00, ISBN 0-19-516654-X Publication Date: December 2003 In Reforming Mary ...

Article: Mother of the Gods: From Cybele to the Virgin Mary
Anglican Theological Review;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... From Cybele to the Virgin Mary. By Philippe Borgeaud ... Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. xix + 186 ... second "portrays the Virgin Mary as the heiress of the ... attributes of the Virgin Mary derive "not [only ...

Article: Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition ...
Church History;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption. By Stephen J. Shoemaker. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. xvi + 460 pp. $140.00 cloth. This impressive study, which traces the ...