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Mother of God

A History of the Virgin Mary

Miri Rubin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:25th Feb '10

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Mary, the mother of Jesus, is one of the most powerful, influential and complex of all religious figures. The focus for women, the inspiration of faith, the subject of innumerable paintings, sculptures, pieces of music and churches, Mary is so entangled in our world that it is impossible to conceive of the history of Western culture and religion without her. Mother of God is the story of that presence and a book that raises profound questions about the human experience.

Miri Rubin [is] one of the most interesting and original of British medieval historians ... There is room for a whole book on this subject and Rubin is uniquely equipped to write it ... a capacious and vastly learned book ... a treasury -- Rowan Williams * Financial Times *
a wonderfully illuminating history of the mother of Jesus * Telegraph *
A remarkable, ambitious and wide-ranging account ... sympathetic and eloquent -- Melanie McDonagh * Evening Standard *

ISBN: 9780141019352

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 24mm

Weight: 407g

560 pages