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Mary in the Qur’an: Heresies Confronted, and Her True Story Told Mary in the Qur’an: Heresies Confronted, and Her True Story Told
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Competing Doctrines Competing Doctrines
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Mary in the Qur’an Mary in the Qur’an
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The Narratives The Narratives
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The Angelic Tidings The Angelic Tidings
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Mary’s conception of Jesus—God’s Spirit and breath and word Mary’s conception of Jesus—God’s Spirit and breath and word
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“We Blew into Her Through Our Angel” “We Blew into Her Through Our Angel”
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Mary as Unique “Sign” Mary as Unique “Sign”
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Al-Tarafi of Cordoba, Commentator on Maryam’s Story Al-Tarafi of Cordoba, Commentator on Maryam’s Story
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Hostility to Mary’s Pregnancy and Her Child Within the House of Imran Hostility to Mary’s Pregnancy and Her Child Within the House of Imran
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The Frustration of Iblis and the Sinlessness of Mary and Jesus The Frustration of Iblis and the Sinlessness of Mary and Jesus
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Evidences for Prophethood: The Cases of Zachariah and Mary Compared Evidences for Prophethood: The Cases of Zachariah and Mary Compared
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Maryam Depicted: Two Paintings of Virgin and Child Maryam Depicted: Two Paintings of Virgin and Child
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Mary at the Palm Tree Mary at the Palm Tree
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Zachariah’s Martyrdom Zachariah’s Martyrdom
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15 Maryam, Mother of `Isa: “Chosen … Over the Women of All Peoples”
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Published:August 2015
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Abstract
The only woman named in the Qur’an, Maryam’s importance in Islamic tradition and piety is great. Interpreters’ expansions of qur’anic themes chastise Jewish denigrations of her, and vehemently denounce Christian misunderstandings of who this virgin mother is. From an early date Muslims paid homage to Maryam’s place of prayer and the location of `Isa’s crib near the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. Debate arose about whether she, like her son, should be deemed a prophet. Writers and painters provided distinctive representations of her birth-giving at a palm tree, and of her appearance before her people, who suspected that her child was fathered by Maryam’s guardian, the temple priest Zachariah. The chapter includes analyses of a painting showing Maryam just after the birth of `Isa, an image of Maryam presenting her new-born to a suspicious and hostile group of “her people,” and a scene depicting Zachariah’s martyrdom.
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