Mary Magdalene : the image of a woman through the centuries /

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Author / Creator:Maisch, Ingrid.
Uniform title:Maria Magdalena. English
Imprint:Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c1998.
Description:ix, 185 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3357800
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Varying Form of Title:At head of title: Between contempt and veneration--
ISBN:0814624715 (alk. paper)
Notes:"A Liturgical Press book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Mary Magdalene in the New Testament
  • II. The Heiress of the Empire of Light: The Gnostic Mary Magdalene
  • III. Mary Magdalene as Interpreted by the Medieval Mystics
  • IV. Mary Magdalene as Saint: The Middle Ages
  • V. The Penitent Magdalene: A Symbol of the Baroque Era
  • VI. Mary Magdalene Between Religion and Aesthetics
  • VII. A Pearl More Precious than All Others: Magdalene in Brentano's Jesus-Novel
  • VIII. The Fallen Woman, the Noble Courtesan
  • IX. The Woman at Jesus' Feet: Mary Magdalene in Modern Spiritual Poetry
  • X. The "Sinful Magdalene of Bethany": The Confused Image Today
  • XI. Freed from Sins, Demons, and Subjection.