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Chargement... Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Marypar Miri Rubin
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This is a hefty, wide-ranging overview of interpretations of Mary, mother of Jesus, from the origins of Christianity until the end of the sixteenth century, with a brief overview of later interpretations of Mary in a concluding chapter. As an overview of primary sources about Mary, this will be invaluable to students working on the topic. So too will be the discussion of views of Mary in medieval Islam (after all, Mary/Maryam figures more in the Qur'an than she does in the New Testament), and of the long-standing association between Mary and anti-Semitism. However, this really is an encyclopaedic text rather than a narrative one, and there is no overarching thesis. There are points where the array of materials cited—Miri Rubin makes use of literary texts, documentary evidence, art historical materials, and more—becomes somewhat dizzying. I'm not sure how truly accessible, or at least readable, this book therefore is for the general reader, but it will remain invaluable for the specialist. ( ) Thanks to this book, I now have a more solid understanding of how tightly veneration of Mary and antisemitism were linked in Europe. Representations of violence against Jews describe the acts in almost approving terms. Assertions of violence by Jews are never described as the slanders the historical record often proves them to be. Apparently this is required to maintain the respectful tone toward Mary that the book establishes. I kept wanting this book to be "Alone of All Her Sex" by Marina Warner, but it kept on not being that book, but rather being the inferior book that it was. You should read that book instead. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Mary, the mother of Jesus, is one of the most powerful, influential and complex of all religious figures. The inspiration of faith, a model for women, the subject of innumerable paintings, sculptures, pieces of music and churches, Mary is so entangled in our world that it is impossible to conceive of the history of Western culture and religion without her." "Miri Rubin's Mother of God is a major work of cultural imagination. Mary's role in the Gospels itself is a relatively minor one, and yet in the centuries during which Christianity established itself she emerged as a powerful, strange and ungovernable force, endlessly remade and reimagined by wave after wave of devotees, ultimately becoming 'a sort of God', in ways that have made some Christians uneasy" "Whether talking about the vast public festivals celebrating Mary that sweep up entire communities or the intense private agony of individual devotion, Rubin's book is a triumph of sympathy and intelligence. Throughout Christianity's journey from mysterious origins to global religion, Mary has been a profound presence in countless lives - Mother of God is the story of that presence and a book that raises profound questions about the human experience."--BOOK JACKET. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)232.91Religions Christian doctrinal theology Christ; Christology Family and life of Jesus Mariology, Mary (mother of Jesus)Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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