Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 3748
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Van Deun , Peter.
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  • Title: La Parenté de la Vierge et du Christ dans une exégèse byzantine de Matthieu 1, 15-16 [The author explores a short Byzantine text associated with the "Unionum definitiones" by Maximus the Confessor. The text advances a new genealogy for Mary, so that she and Joseph are not first cousins. The author presents a transcription of the brief Gre
  • Source: Analecta Bollandiana 119, 1 (juin 2001): Pages 33 - 39.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Bible Exegesis- Matthew Byzantium Genealogy Greek Literature Mary, Virgin, Saint in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean
  • Century: 15- 16
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  • Table: Three charts. Figure One Family tree of Mathan and Mary, grandparents of the Virgin Mary, according to several Byzantine texts from the eighth and ninth centuries. Figure Two Family tree of Mathan according to Atheniensis and Venetus. Figure Three Family tree of Mathan showing family relations in the three generations (siblings, cousins-german, and offspring of cousins-german) according to the text under examination.
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  • Author's Affiliation: Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven
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  • Year of Publication: 2001.
  • Language: French;Greek
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00032468