Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The lady & the Virgin The lady & the Virgin Penny Schine Gold Penny Schine Gold provides a bold analysis of key literary and artistic images of women in the Middle Ages and the relationship between these images and the actual experience of women. She argues tha… OL120458W
Did the first Christians worship Jesus? Did the first Christians worship Jesus? James D. G. Dunn To answer the title question effectively requires more than the citing of a few texts; we must first acknowledge that the way to the answer is more difficult than it appears and recognize that the an… OL15055047W
Rocio Rocio Francis Marmande Analyse : Roman de société. OL24434958W
Ceci est une icône Ceci est une icône Francesca Bonazzoli Les auteures s'interrogent sur ce qui fait passer certaines oeuvres d'art au statut d'icône populaire. L'ouvrage révèle les histoires d'une trentaine de chefs-d'oeuvre et dévoile la manière dont chac… OL24934570W
Sublime union Sublime union Mercedes Kirkel Follow Mary Magdalene on a profound journey into the world of sacred sexuality. "Sublime Union" presents Mary Magdalene's messages, given to author Mercedes Kirkel, on the techniques of sacred sexual… OL27964059W
The crucifixion of Jesus The crucifixion of Jesus Sloyan, Gerard Stephen,Susannah Heschel,Robert P Ericksen Jesus of Nazareth died on a cross at the hands of Roman justice around the year 30 C.E. Thousands of others perished in the same way, and many people before and since have suffered far more gruesome … OL2937453W
Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria, and Israel Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria, and Israel K. van der Toorn This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Ugaritic and early Israelite civilizations. On the basis of documents from both the private and the literary re… OL2973356W
Jesus in America Jesus in America Richard Wightman Fox "This book is for believers and non-believers alike. It is not a book about whether one should believe in Jesus, but about how Americans have believed in and portrayed him." (From the Introduction)Je… OL3252376W
Claiming the Virgin Claiming the Virgin Robin Nagle "Compact anthropological case study of liberation theology in a shantytown parish of Recife under a conservative bishop. Uses 1991 dispute over the feast of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception to… OL3351969W
Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World Sarolta A. Takács This work deals with the integration of the cult of Isis among Roman cults, the subsequent transformation of Isis and Sarapis into gods of the Roman state, and the epigraphic employment of the names … OL3506881W