The Darkest Icon

by Mark Gruber

"The Darkest Icon: the Virgin Mary in her own time" is a unique and exhaustive anthropological treatment of the cultural predicament of the mother of Jesus in her own lifetime and in the earliest and most formative years of Christianity. The author places Mary in the context of the honor and shame patriarchies from the ancient Near East to the modern Mediterranean world, and explores the profound social consequences of her untimely conception of a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1329129970
• ISBN13: 9781329129979
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"