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The ancient Dormition and Assumption traditions are a collection of over sixty different narratives, preserved in nine ancient languages, that commemorate the end of the Virgin Mary's life. These traditions have long been overlooked by scholars of early Christianity, no doubt largely because this complicated corpus was insufficiently well known. The present study aims to remedy this situation with a detailed analysis of the earliest traditions of Mary's death, including liturgical and archaeolog
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- Author
- Stephen J Shoemaker; Oxford University Press
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191600746
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Religion, World History, History
- Rating
- 4.67 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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