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What does it mean when Christians confess that Jesus was 'born of the Virgin Mary'? This volume of essays, written by an international group of scholars, approaches this question from various perspectives. From examining the Old Testament backgrounds to exploring the Virgin Birth in various traditions and cultures, each chapter offers fresh perspectives. The contributors explore topics ranging from the Pre-Nicene tradition to modern cinematic interpretations, and from the perspectives of renowned theologians to interfaith dialogue with Islam and Hinduism. Engaging and thought-provoking, this volume promises to illuminate the significance of the Virgin Birth across diverse religious and cultural contexts.
Contents
Notes on Contributors
The Virgin Birth in the Apostles' Creed
Introductory Remarks
Marcel Sarot and Archibald van Wieringen
Born of the Virgin Mary
Various Old Testament Backgrounds
Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen
Ecce Ancilla Domini
Mary as Assistant to God according to Luke 1:26-38
Bart J. Koet
Test or Testimony?
Mary's Virginity in the Infancy Gospel of James (Protevangelium Jacobi) and in Godard's Film Je vous salue, Marie (Hail Mary) (1984)
Caroline H.C.M. Vander Stichele
Born of the Virgin Mary
Virgin Motherhood in the Pre-Nicene Tradition
Jan W.M. Hendriks
Sarah and Mary
Mothers of the People
Marcel J.H.M. Poorthuis
The Virgin Birth in the Theology of John Damascene
Dries J.L.A. De Crom
"We Are Mothers When We Carry Him and Give Birth to Him"
The Role of Mary as a Virgin, Mother, and Maidservant in the Lives of Francis and Clare of Assisi
Willem Marie Speelman
"This Brought God Down into Mary"
Hadewijch on the Pregnancy of the Virgin Mary in the Present
Rob V.J. Faesen
Thomas Aquinas on the Virgin Birth
Harm Goris
Sixteenth-Century Reformers' Perspectives on the Virgin Birth
Arnold Huijgen
The Interpretation of "Born of the Virgin Mary" by Romano Guardini
Bernhard Hegge
'Born of the Virgin Mary' and Islam
Pim Valkenberg
The Virgin Birth of a Superhero
An Intertextual Reading of Mahabharata I. 104.6-16
Yesu Karunanidhi
On Intimate Terms with the Virgin Mary
The Counterintuitive Space Offered by "Born of the Virgin Mary"
Jacques W.G. Körver
Our Lady of the Covering
Depictions of the Virgin Birth in Jesus Films
Frank G. Bosman
Reality and Meaning of the Virgin Birth
An Attempt to Integrate Various Disciplinary Perspectives
Marcel Sarot
Index of Modern Authors
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