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  • Record Number: 6859
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Dahood , Roger.
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  • Title: Ancrene Wisse and the Identities of Mary Salome [In the later Middle Ages Mary Salome was identified as the third woman at the tomb of Christ, although she is not directly in the Bible. By the twelfth century a tradition had grown that recognized three marriages for Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, and three daughter all named Mary, the Virgin, Mary Cleophas, and Mary Salome. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: A Companion to "Ancrene Wisse."  Edited by Yoko Wada.  D. S. Brewer, 2003.  Pages 227 - 243.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Ancrene Wisse, Middle English Devotional Work Bible- New Testament in Literature Mary of Salome, Saint
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 13
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  • Related Resources: The final essay in the volume, "Ancrene Wisse and the Identities of Mary Salome," by Roger Dahood, situates the reference to Mary Salome in Ancrene Wisse within the larger patristic and early scholastic debates about the authenticity, let alone the identi
  • Author's Affiliation: University of Arizona
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  • Year of Publication: 2003.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0859917622