'Lest She Pollute the Sanctuary': the influence of the 'Protevangelium Iacobi' on women's status in Christianity
"This work explores a second-century text, the 'Protevangelium Iacobi', and, by examining current scholarship on the subject, assesses the way it has influenced the Christian perception of women and the ordering of their lives through the centuries down to the present day. It demonstr...
| Published in: | Studia traditionis theologiae |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Turnhout
Brepols
[2020]
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Studia traditionis theologiae (41)
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| Series/Journal: | Studia traditionis theologiae
41 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Protevangelium Jacobi
/ Woman
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| IxTheo Classification: | CA Christianity FA Theology |
| Further subjects: | B
Women in Christianity
B Protevangelium Jacobi Feminist criticism B Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint Virginity |
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| Summary: | "This work explores a second-century text, the 'Protevangelium Iacobi', and, by examining current scholarship on the subject, assesses the way it has influenced the Christian perception of women and the ordering of their lives through the centuries down to the present day. It demonstrates how Mary, as she is presented in this text with extreme and unreal emphasis on her purity, has been held up as an unattainable model for all Christian women and takes as a case study, the lives of contemplative women in the Roman Catholic church and shows how the image of Mary impossibly secluded in the temple has been partly responsible for their enclosure. By exploring the way female biological processes have been allowed to intrude on the sacred, tracing this influence from the Old Testament, through this text and its connection with Mary to the present day, it argues that this has been a significant factor in the denial of presbyteral ordination to women in some Christian churches. One of the original features of this work is the tracing of art work depicting scenes from the text across the Christian world and thus demonstrating the breadth of its influence, right down to New Age writings today." |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 217-231 |
| ISBN: | 2503590365 |