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Expanding Mary’s narrative: Apocryphal influences in Picturing Mary
Posted: April 9, 2015
Category: New Testament Apocrypha
For being the mother of Christ, Mary is a surprisingly scarce figure in the Bible. The primary canonical source for information about Mary is the New Testament, yet the basic...
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