Rediscovering the Marys: Maria, Mariamne, Miriam (Scriptural Traces)

by Mary Ann Beavis; Ally Kateusz

Publisher:

T&T Clark

Overview

This interdisciplinary volume of text and art offers new insights into various unsolved mysteries associated with Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Mary the Mother of Jesus, and Miriam the sister of Moses. Mariamic traditions are often interconnected, as seen in the portrayal of these women as community leaders, prophets, apostles and priests. These traditions also are often inter-religious, echoing themes back to Miriam in the Hebrew Bible as well as forward to Maryam in the Qur'an. The chapters explore questions such as: which biblical Mary did the author of the Gospel of Mary intend to portray-Magdalene, Mother, or neither? Why did some writers depict Mary of Nazareth as a priest? Were extracanonical scriptures featuring Mary more influential than the canonical gospels on the depiction of Maryam in the Qur'an?

Contributors dig deep into literature, iconography, and archaeology to offer cutting edge research under three overarching topics. The first section examines the question of "which Mary?" and illustrates how some ancient authors (and contemporary scholars) may have conflated the biblical Marys. The second section focuses on Mary of Nazareth, and includes research related to the portrayal of Mary the Mother of Jesus as a Eucharistic priest. The final section, “Recovering Receptions of Mary in Art, Archeology, and Literature,” explores how artists and authors have engaged with one or more of the Marys, from the early Christian era through to medieval and modern times.

Key Features

• Offers new insights into various mysteries associated with Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Mary the Mother of Jesus, and Miriam the sister of Moses
• Expands the previous debate around Stephen J. Shoemaker's contention that the Mary in early Christian texts that did not clearly identify which Mary could have referred to Mary of Nazareth instead of Mary Magdalene
• Explores how artists and authors have engaged with one or more of the Marys, from the early Christian era until modern times

Contents

Section 1: Revisiting Which Mary – Does Which Mary Matter?

• The Magdalene Effect: Misreading the Composite Mary in Early Christian Works – Mark Goodacre
• Which Mary, and Why It Matters – Mary Ann Beavis
• Why Mary? The Gospel of Mary and Its Heroine – Judith Hartenstein
• What is Mary Doing in Acts? Reception History within the Synoptic Tradition – Jo-Ann Badley
• Magdalene, Mother, Martha's Sister, or None of the Above? The Mary in the Dialogue of the Savior – Anna Cwikla
• Two Mary Magdalenes: Eusebius of Caesarea and the Questionable Reliability of the Gospels' Female Witnesses – Kara J. Lyons-Pardue
• Two Women Leaders: “Mary and the Other Mary Magdalene” – Ally Kateusz

Section 2: Rediscovering the Marys in Mission and Leadership

• The Power of Leadership through Mediation: Mart Mariam in the Syriac and Arabic Apocryphal Tradition – Cornelia Horn
• The Constriction of Female Leadership: Tracing a Trend in the Early Reception of Miriam and Mary Magdalene – Erez DeGolan and Miriam-Simma Walfish
• Virgin Mary Co–Priest or Not: The Continuing Trend of Redaction and Revision in the Medieval Era – Judith M. Davis
• The Memory of Mary's Mission according to “Guadalupan Sermons” of the 17th and 18th Centuries – J.L. Manzo

Section 3: Recovering Receptions of the Marys in Literature, Art, and Archeology

• Mary of Nazareth and Nazareth Archaeological Excavations 1997–2015 – Richard Freund
• The Dormition of Miriam – Michael Rosenberg
• Dormition Urtext? Earliest Dormition Wall Painting Combines the Great Angel and Women with Censers – Ally Kateusz
• Mary and Her Son in the Qur'an and Extracanonical Christian Texts – Deborah Niederer Saxon
• The Origin and Manifestations of the Smiling Virgin Mary – Jin H. Han
• From Holy Grail to The Lost Gospel: Margaret Starbird and the Mary Magdalene Romance – Mary Ann Beavis

Product Details

• Title: Rediscovering the Marys: Maria, Mariamne, Miriam (Scriptural Traces)
• Authors: Mary Ann Beavis, Ally Kateusz
• Series: Scriptural Traces
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780567702128, 9780567683458, 9780567683496, 056770212X, 0567683451, 0567683494
• Resource ID: LLS:RDSCVRNGMRYS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:38:33Z