Gender and Purity in the Protevangelium of James

Gender and Purity in the Protevangelium of James

Bibliographic Data

ID24055052
AuthorsLily C Vuong (Valdosta State University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume358
Pages301
Publication date2013-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueGender and Purity in the Protevangelium of James (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherMohr Siebeck (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1628/978-3-16-152844-6
OpenAlexW596209980
ISBN9783161528446, 9783161523373
Open LibraryOL46095151M, OL28392224M
LanguageEN
Citations received3

The Protevangelium of James is arguably the earliest surviving source that exhibits profound interest in Mary, the mother of Jesus. Although frequently cited for later Christian reflections about Mary, gender, and virginity and its influence on popular Christian art, music, and literature, it is not well known outside academic circles and is rarely studied for its own sake. Lily C. Vuong offers a sustained analysis of the text's narrative and literary features in order to explore the portrayal and characterization of Mary through a focus on the theme of purity. By tracing the various ways purity is described and presented in the text, the author contributes to discussions on early Jewish and Christian ideas about purity, representations of women in the ancient world, the early history of Mariology, and the place of non-canonical writings in the history of biblical interpretation.

Apocryphal Literature · Jewish and Christian Identity · Mariology · Syriac Christianity · New Testament · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. epistles · Criticism, interpretation · Frau · Geschlechterrolle · History of doctrines · Mariologie · Protevangelium Jacobi · Protoevangelium Jacobi · Purity, Ritual · Reinheit · Ritual Purity · Sex

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