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May. 18th, 2005 11:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theatokosI have one final paper to write before I am done. Of course, I did exactly what I didn't want to do: save it for the week of graduation and parents and the least possible amount of motivation. The paper is on Revelation 12:1-17, especially 1-2.
A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving birth.
The verses go on to describe the dragon that wants to destroy the woman and her son. She flees to the desert for a time, times and a half a time. There is war, of course, since this is Revelation, the most violent book in the NT. What's interesting about the second verse is that one the debate over Mary's virginity really got under way in the 4th century, it was decided that she didn't experience any pain in childbirth. Interesting.
I am curious about how verse one came to be the imagery used in the artistic depiction of Mary, since biblical scholars and wise readers recognize that the symbols is more about Israel and the Church than about Mary.
I cannot seem to find any information on the connection. Not enought to write a paper anyway.
A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving birth.
The verses go on to describe the dragon that wants to destroy the woman and her son. She flees to the desert for a time, times and a half a time. There is war, of course, since this is Revelation, the most violent book in the NT. What's interesting about the second verse is that one the debate over Mary's virginity really got under way in the 4th century, it was decided that she didn't experience any pain in childbirth. Interesting.
I am curious about how verse one came to be the imagery used in the artistic depiction of Mary, since biblical scholars and wise readers recognize that the symbols is more about Israel and the Church than about Mary.
I cannot seem to find any information on the connection. Not enought to write a paper anyway.