The Virgin Goddess, Studies in the Pagan and Christian Roots of Mariology.

The Virgin Goddess, Studies in the Pagan and Christian Roots of Mariology.

The contemporary search for the feminine face of God is requiring a re-examination of the relationship of Christianity to the pagan world in which it came to birth. Stephen Benko approaches this study as both an historian and a Christian believer. Inquiring into extra-biblical sources of Marian piet...

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Main Author: Stephen Benko

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2004.

Series: Numen Book Series 59.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Goddesses, Roman.
Christianity and other religions > Roman.

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Call Number: BT612 .B46 2004

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • The Pagan Goddess as a Concern for Christian Theology /
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  • Goddesses in the Greco-Roman World /
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  • The Image of the Goddess in the New Testament /
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  • The Great Mother and Montanism /
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  • The Women Who Sacrificed to Mary: The Kollyridians /
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  • From Devotion to Doctrine /
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  • Mary and the History of Salvation /
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  • Mariology: Past and Future /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • General Index /
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  • Illustrations /
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