Mary: Images of the Mother of Jesus in Jewish and Christian Perspective.
Mary: Images of the Mother of Jesus in Jewish and Christian Perspective by Jaroslav Pelikan
For other people named Pelikan, see Pelikan (disambiguation).
Jaroslav Jan Pelikan (17 December 1923 – 13 May 2006) was one of the world's leading scholars in the history of Christianity and medieval intellectual history. , David Flusser David Flusser was a professor of Early Christianity and Judaism of the Second Temple Period at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and a recipient of the national Israel Prize in 1980 for his academic achievements. , and Justin Lang (Fortress, $17) offers ecumenical perspectives on how Mary has been depicted over the centuries, with special reference to artistic renderings. A companion to Pelikan's more elaborate Mary Through the Centuries (Yale, 1996), this book is adorned a·dorn
tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns
1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" Ronald Firbank.
2. with 48 color plates. It includes interpretive essays by each of the authors, contrasting Jewish (Flusser) and varied Christian views (Pelikan and Lang) on Mary's significance. A beautiful book, fitting as a gift. CLN CLN Clean
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