Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion

by Stephen J. Shoemaker

For the first time a noted historian of Christianity explores the full story of the emergence and development of the Marian cult in the early Christian centuries. The means by which Mary, mother of Jesus, came to prominence have long remained strangely overlooked despite, or perhaps because of, her centrality in Christian devotion. Gathering together fresh information from often neglected sources, including early liturgical texts and Dormition and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300217218
• ISBN13: 9780300217216
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"