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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| Superior document: | Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions ; 59 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, , Boston: : Brill, , 2004. |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Numen Book Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 293 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / S. Benko
- The Pagan Goddess as a Concern for Christian Theology / S. Benko
- Goddesses in the Greco-Roman World / S. Benko
- The Image of the Goddess in the New Testament / S. Benko
- The Great Mother and Montanism / S. Benko
- The Women Who Sacrificed to Mary: The Kollyridians / S. Benko
- From Devotion to Doctrine / S. Benko
- Mary and the History of Salvation / S. Benko
- Mariology: Past and Future / S. Benko
- Bibliography / S. Benko
- General Index / S. Benko
- Illustrations / S. Benko.