February 25, 2005

MINNEAPOLIS – In Mary: Images of the Mother of Jesus in Jewish and Christian Perspective three preeminent historians, Jaroslav Pelikan, the late David Flusser, and Justin Lang provide an ecumenical portrait of Mary by exploring the varied ways in which the mother of Jesus is perceived. For Pelikan, Mary is the focal point for spirited theological discussion and dogma. For Flusser, Mary is a symbol for myriad Jewish mothers who suffer and endure – the mater dolorosa in a world of total inhumanity. For Lang, Mary is the wife and mother through whom flows the love and devotion of centuries of faithful Roman Catholics.

Their engaging text, for the first time available in paperback and with a new Preface, is enhanced by forty-eight pages of full-color illustrations, accompanied by excerpts from early Christian sources and from the Mary legend traditions. Illustrations include photographs of actual sites as well as magnificent reproductions of art inspired by Mary.

"This book is a little gem. Three scholars discuss the theological meaning of Mary, mother of Jesus, in the Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic traditions while the pictures richly illustrate her life." –Rosemary Radford Ruether, Carpenter Professor of Feminist Theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

Authors: Jaroslav Pelikan is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. The late David Flusser was Professor of Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Justin Lang, O.F.M., is at the Frauenberg Cloister in Fulda, Germany.

Format: Paperback 108 pages; 8.5 x 8 inches; Item No: 0800637062; Price: $17.00.

To order Mary: Images of the Mother of Jesus in Jewish and Christian Perspective please call Fortress Press at 1-800-328-4648 or visit the web site at http://www.augsburgfortress.com/.

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