The Myth of the Messianic Mother in Jewish and Christian Traditions
Psychoanalytic and Gender Perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8201693 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel (0000-0002-9274-6162, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 72-119 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lfu078 |
| OpenAlex | W2155679525 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 40 |
In this article, I argue that the “Mother of the Messiah” occupies a prominent place in Jewish myth and embodies a female archetype whose qualities are rooted in biblical narratives about the Davidic dynasty. While tracing the continuous development of this figure from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, I discuss the similarities and differences between Mary the mother of Jesus and the Mothers of the House of David. By using gender and psychoanalytical perspectives, my analysis revolves around issues concerning sexuality, virginity, and motherhood in Jewish and Christian messianic sources.
Archetype · Art · Demonology · Early Christianity · Human sexuality · Judaism · Literature · Messiah · Mythology · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Theology · Virginity test · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Theological Perspectives and Practices
Psychoanalysis and religion.
Manipulating Virginity
Experiences in Groups
Before sexuality
Alone of all her sex
The Tree That Is All
Mother and Maiden, Sister and Spouse
Mirror of His Beauty
Father-Daughter Incest
Radical Jew
The Making of the Magdalen
Shekhinah, the Virgin Mary, and the Song of Songs
Women's History and Ancient History
Introduction
The Enigmatic Dimension of Sexual Experience
When the Third is Dead
The healing power of love’
Forms and Transformations of Narcissism
Onan, The Levirate Marriage and the Genealogy of the Messiah
The Otherness of Sexuality
Purity and Danger
Life and Death in Psychoanalysis
Writing history, writing trauma
Standing in the Spaces
Analytic impasse and the third
Why perversion? 'False love' and the perverse pact
Stabat Mater
Mary's Difference
Philo and the Rabbis on Sex and the Body
The Hebrew Goddess
Counter-History and Jewish Polemics Against Christianity
Mary through the Centuries
The Messianic Idea in Judaism and Other Essays in Jewish Spirituality
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |