Sexual Serpents and Perpetual Virginity: Marian Rejectionism in the Babylonian Talmud

This article explores a midrash in the Babylonian Talmud that features the trope of the hind, an animal referred to multiple times in rabbinic literature as being noteworthy for its vaginal narrowness. The author argues that the midrash reveals significant awareness of Christian tropes about Mary th...

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Main Author: Rosenberg, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2016
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2016, Volume: 106, Issue: 4, Pages: 465-493
Further subjects:B Babylonian Talmud
B Syrian Christianity
B in partu virginity
B Early Christianity
B Virginity
B Jewish-Christian relations
B Mary
B Syriac
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