دانلود کتاب The Virgin Goddess: Studies in the Pagan and Christian Roots of Mariology (Studies in the History of Religions)

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THE VIRGIN GODDESS: STUDIES IN THE PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF MARIOLOGY......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 9
I. The Pagan Goddess as a Concern for Christian Theology......Page 10
II. Goddesses in the Greco-Roman World......Page 29
A. Caelestis......Page 30
B. Isis......Page 52
C. The Syrian Goddess......Page 62
D. The Cult of Dionysus......Page 73
E. Cybele, the Great Mother......Page 79
III. The Image of the Goddess in the New Testament......Page 92
1. The Concept of Heaven......Page 96
2. The Robe of the Woman......Page 104
3. The Astral Motifs......Page 117
a. The Dragon......Page 124
b. Water......Page 130
5. Conclusions......Page 137
B. Early Christian Interpretations of the Woman Clothed with the Sun......Page 139
1. The Greek Fathers......Page 140
2. The Latin Fathers......Page 142
A. The History and Theology of Montanism......Page 146
B. Montanism, the Great Mother, and the Virgin Mary......Page 160
C. Summary......Page 177
V. The Women Who Sacrificed to Mary: The Kollyridians......Page 179
A. The Kollyridians according to Epiphanius......Page 180
B. Bread as an Element of Sacrifices......Page 182
C. The Power of Consecrated Bread......Page 196
D. Who Were the Kollyridians?......Page 200
Α. Mary as Virgin Mother......Page 205
Β. Mary as Earth-Goddess......Page 215
C. The Queen is Crowned......Page 225
A. Eve, Mary and the Church......Page 238
B. Mary, the Mother of God......Page 254
Epilogue: Mariology: Past and Future, A Summary......Page 272
Bibliography......Page 275
General Index......Page 294
Illustrations......Page 304