Judith M. Davis

Finding the Virgin Mary

Her Evolving Stories from Early Christianity to Today

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Produktbeschreibung

""Stories about the Virgin Mary began to appear in the second century, a spring of tradition that branched off from the mainstream teaching of the canonical gospels. This developed into a torrent of texts about Mary, her relationship with God and her motherhood. This book translates and interprets such stories about Mary from the beginnings of Christianity to modern times. The narrative or story theology of these works shows her to be a partner with her son Jesus in the work of salvation. Early stories depict Mary as chosen from childhood, and she is shown at the Last Supper with other women. Medieval tales recount the miracles she works to cure both physical and moral failings, saving sinners from the devil. All but ignored after the Reformation, stories of her appearances-Our Lady of Guadalupe (Mexico), Our Lady of Lourdes (France) and Our Lady of Fatima (Portugal) have been told and retold across the centuries and throughout the world. Today, Mary is still seen as an icon of women's agency, celebrated in song, film and art of every kind. This book uncovers her history and reveals her power through the life and message of this woman of faith."-Provided by publisher"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 418g
• ISBN-13: 9781476693736
• ISBN-10: 1476693730
• Artikelnr.: 73245309

Autorenporträt

Judith M. Davis has been writing and teaching about Mary for more than 25 years. Professor emerita of French and Humanities at Goshen College, Indiana, she has shared historical insights and lively stories about Mary in venues ranging from public libraries to churches and scholarly conferences in the United States and abroad.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments xiii Preface Introduction 1.
Gospels Real and Imagined: First to Seventh Centuries The "Real" Gospels Biblical Backstories: The Extracanonical Gospels Mary in the Protogospel of James
13
The Earliest Devotion to Mary?
15
Mary as Minister in the Temple of Jerusalem: The Earliest Image?
16
Mary in the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
16
Mary in the Qur'an
18 Mary's Early Reputation as a Miracle Worker The Narrative Theology of Gospels Real and Imagined 2.
Mary's "Life Stories": Fourth to Twelfth Centuries Mary's Voice Heard Loud and Clear: Romanos the Melodist Epiphanios the Monk and the First Life of Mary Later Marian Biographers and the Development of Mary's Story John Geometres: Mary's Life as Sermon
27
Euthymios the Athonite: Mary's Life as Biography with Embellishments
28
The "Holy Theft" of Mary's Clothing
32
Mary's Life Foreshortened: Symeon Metaphrastes
33 Mary as Protector of the Faithful Mary's Death and Entry into Heaven Mary in the Afterlife: Queen of Heaven and Hell What Does the Narrative Theology of the Lives of Mary Say to Us? 3.
Mary in the Early Middle Ages: Devotions, Churches, Shrines, and Books of Praise (Sixth to Twelfth Centuries) Sixth-Century Marian Miracle Stories: Gregory of Tours Mary, Master Builder
41
Mary, Provider
41 The Most Famous Marian Hymn Paul the Deacon's Classic Marian Tale Two Early Shrine Collections Saragossa, Spain
43
Chartres
43 Mary in the "Dark Ages" Later Shrine Collections Early English Selections from the Mariales Little Left Unsaid: Early Books of Praise for Mary What Is the Narrative Theology of These Writings? 4.
The Long Twelfth Century I: Miracles in the Age of Faith and Feudalism The Age of Faith Genesis 3 Fulfilled: Mary and the Devil The Feudal World Mary's Competition: The Noble Lady of "Courtly Love" The Noblest Lady of Them All: Medieval Marian Lyrics The Mary of the Medieval Miracle Stories Vincent of Beauvais, an Author in the Latin Tradition Seafarers Menaced by a Storm Saved by Mary, Star of the Sea Adgar and the First Vernacular French Marian Miracle Collection A Cleric Cured by Mary in a Field of Flowers
61
Enlarging a Country Church
62 Wace and an Early Vernacular "Life of Mary" Best-Selling Author Gautier de Coinci (1177-1236) Mary as Chess Queen
65
The Miracle of the Abbess Whom Our Lady Delivered from Great Distress
66
The Miracle of the Young Nun
70
The Miracle of the Hanged Thief
75
The Knight of 150 Hail Marys
77
The Miracle of the Misplaced Engagement Ring
80
The Miracle of Théophile, or the Devil's Charter
81
The Miracle of the Rich Man and the Widow
86
The Miracle of the Priest Who Knew Only One Mass
88
The Miracle of the Peasant Who Could Learn Only Half of the Hail Mary
89
The Miracle of the Candle That Came Down to the Jongleur
90 A Narrative Theology of Subversion: Mercy, Not Judgment, Prevails Another Thirteenth-Century Miracle? The Holy House of Loreto 5.
The Long Twelfth Century II: Marian Tales from the Continent and England About Gondrée and How Our Lady Came to Be Called Notre Dame de Chartres The Miracle of the Knight Saved from Death by the Undergarments He Wore That Had Touched the Chemise of Chartres Mary's Royal Troubadour, King Alfonso X of Spain Gonazalo de Berceo, a People's Poet The Pregnant Woman Saved by the Virgin
101 The Miracle of the Artisan Monk and the Ugly Devil The Miracle of Our Lady's Tumbler The Miracle of Our Lady at the Tournament The German Novice Master's Masterwork Sir Walter of Birbeck, the Tardy Knight and Saintly Monk
111 Jacobus of Voragine: Mary's Life, Mary's Stories in the Calendar of the Church The Feast of Mary's Nativity and Marian Genealogies
114
A Son Restored to His Mother
114
The Monk Who Could Learn Only Two Words of the "Ave Maria"
115
Mary's Hand on the Scale
116
The Knight Who Sold His Wife to the Devil
117 Mary at the Apex of Paradise in Dante's Divine Comedy Mary Tales and Poems in Middle English The Widow's Candle for the Feast
120 Geoffrey Chaucer: Mixed Messages About Mary The Monk and Our Lady's Sleeves Anonymous Marian Lyrics in Middle English What is the Narrative/Poetic Theology of These Works? François Villon's Ballade of Prayer to Notre Dame 6.
From Story to Drama to Anecdote: The Miracle Tales Evolve The Holy Kinship as Romance The Romance of Saint Fanuel and Saint Anne
128 The Shrine-Madonnas Affective Piety Dramatized: The Miracles of Our Lady Performed A Baby Restored to Life
134
The Miracle of the Child Promised to the Devil
135
The Devil in Disguise: The Miracle of Saint John the Hermit
139 A Prescient Trend Our Lady's Day in Court, or Why She Is Called Our Advocate
141
A Dramatic "Life of Mary" in the Middle English N-Town Plays
143 A Marian Lament/Lament for Mary Mary in the Passion Plays of France Our Lady of the Sermon: Marian Devotion as a Guarantee of Heaven What Is the Narrative Theology of the Waning Middle Ages? 7.
What Happened to the Stories? That's Another Story Between Devotion and Reform: Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1517) Renaissance and Reform Apparitions I: Our Lady of Guadalupe The Counter-Reformation: Mary and the Church Militant A Cover-Up and a Revelation: Mary as Bishop-or Pope The Cover-Up
159
The Revelation
159 Defenders of Mary I Defenders of Mary II: The "French School" A Response to the Enlightenment: The Glories of Mary Apparitions II: Mary and the Miraculous Medal The Pope and the Dogma: Pius IX and the Immaculate Conception Apparitions III: Mary and Lourdes Other Nineteenth-Century Visions of Mary: Priest and Goddess Feminists, Philologists, and Mary Mary Stories and the Medievalism Phenomenon What Are the Narrative Theologies of the Post-Reform Era? 8.
A Tale of Four Stories from Then to Now A Life of Mary from the Byzantine Tradition, Medieval Version A Life of Mary from the Byzantine Tradition, Modern Version Theophilus: From the Seventh Century to the Twenty-First Sister Beatrice, Perennial Penitent The Grain Miracle Legend From Story to Ballad
181
From Ballad to Folk Tale
182
A Nineteenth-Century Grain Miracle in the Upper Midwest
184 From Tumbler to Juggler, Converso to Child: Our Lady's Minstrel Pseudo-Matthew at Christmastide: The Cherry Tree Carol Narratives and Theologies Across the Centuries 9.
End of Stories, End of Story? Where Is Mary in Modernity? Mary as Messenger I Midcentury Mary: A New Dogma Mary the Subject of Debate in Vatican II Mary at Mid-Century: Another Denial Mary as Countersign: Her Presence in the Twenty-First Century Mary as Messenger II Gladys and the Glowing Rosary Finding Mary Past and Present, There and Here Chapter Notes Bibliography Index