Mary Through The Centuries: Her Place In The History Of Culture. by Pelikan, Jaroslav - [c1996]

Yale University Press, 1998. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Yale University Press, 1998. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Yale University Press, September 1998. Trade Paperback. Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

New Haven: Yale University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1996. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 267 pp. .

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Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. 1996. Cloth, dj. Dj. is very good. (Subject: Medieval & Renaissance.)

New Haven, Connecticutt: Yale University Press. Clean And Tight No Names Or Marks, Bright Dj In Mylar Protecting Well Bright Clean Covers . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1996.

Yale University Press, September 1996. Hardcover . Good/No Jacket. Good Hardcover with No DJ. Moderate shelfwear to covers. Textblock mildly soiled. Spine ends bumped and rubbed. A few pages lightly soiled and/or creased. Otherwise, pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover.

The Virgin Mary has been an inspiration to more people than any other woman who ever lived. For Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and Muslims, for artists, musicians, and writers, and for women and men everywhere she has shown many faces and personified a variety of virtues. In this important book, a world-renowned scholar who is the author of numerous books - including the best-selling Jesus Through the Centuries - tells how Mary has been depicted and venerated through the ages. Jaroslav Pelikan examines the biblical portrait of Mary, analyzing both the New and Old Testaments to see how the bits of information provided about her were expanded into a full-blown doctrine. He explores the view of Mary in late antiquity, where the differences between Mary, the mother of Christ, and Eve, the "mother of all living", provided positive and negative symbols of women. He discusses how the Eastern church commemorated Mary and how she was portrayed in the Holy Qur'an of Islam. He explains how the paradox of Mary as… Read More