Mary, mother of Jesus of Nazareth, occupies a preeminent position in the theology and piety of the traditional Eastern and Western Churches. Information about the life of Mary is extremely sparse (Matthew 1 and 2; Luke 1 and 2). It is clear that for...

Mary’s mother, referred to in the as ‘a woman [or wife] of (3.35), is known in biblical and Muslim exegetical sources as Anne or Hanna. While pregnant, presumably anticipating the birth of a son, she dedicates the child in her womb to...

Mary (Judeo-Aramaic: מרים, Maryām, from Hebrew Miriam meaning excellence), called since medieval times Madonna (My Lady), resident in Nazareth in Galilee, is known from the New Testament[1] as the mother of Jesus of Nazareth. The New Testament...

1/3 On Sunday night at 8, NBC will broadcast "Mary, the Mother of Jesus," a film that tries to tell the story of the life of Jesus through his mother's eyes. (KARE-TV, Ch. 11) Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her oldest son, Bobby,...

Though her analyses are based on the best of current critical scholarship, Beverly Roberts Gaventa does not take a historical approach. Though her findings have important theological implications, she also bypasses the theological approach. Her focus, rather, is on a literary-critical examination of...