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Virginity, the Temple Veil, and their Demise: A Hypothetical Reader's Perspective on Mary's Work in the Protevangelium of James [PDF]
, 2017 In the second-century Protevangelium of James (henceforth PJ), Mary spins thread for a new temple veil. The episode has fascinated and perplexed both ancient and modern readers: Of all the jobs the author could have chosen for the protagonist, why this ...
Eric Vanden Eykel
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Theorising Male Virginity in Popular Romance Novels
Journal of Popular Romance Studies, 2011 Although the virginal female heroine is a standard trope in popular romance fiction, the male virgin in popular romance novels has yet to be studied or theorised.
Jonathan A. Allan
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Artemis: Depictions of Form and Femininity in Sculpture [PDF]
, 2017 Grecian sculpture has been the subject of investigation for centuries. More recently, however, emphasis in the field of Art History on the politics of gender and sexuality portrayal have opened new avenues for investigation of those old statues.
Waters, Laura G.
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Diasporic virginities: social representations of virginity and identity formation amongst British Arab Muslim women [PDF]
, 2015 This study compares how practising and non-practising British Arab Muslim women position themselves in relation to representations of virginity. Overall, in our qualitative study, we found that representations of culture and religion influenced social ...
Amer, Amena +2 more
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Human birth and spiritual rebirth in the theological thought of John Chrysostom
In die Skriflig, 2017 The purpose of this article is to investigate the dynamics between human birth and spiritual rebirth in the thought of John Chrysostom (349–407 CE) and to position these dynamics in the broader scope that is salvation history.
Chris L. de Wet
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Aitia, 2015 Iphigeneia can be conceived of as a very Hellenistic figure: her fate and several of her features were indeed very likely to become a matter of deep interest for the Hellenistic poet-scholars who keenly studied recondite mythological details and ...
Christophe Cusset +1 more
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Teen Parents and Abstinence Education: Research Findings 2003 [PDF]
, 2003 Research Findings: 2003 is designed as a reference tool for practitioners, policymakers, and others interested in teen parents (and particularly their relationship to welfare programs) and abstinence education.
Jodie Levin-Epstein
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Periodic Abstinence: Definition, Motivation and Research [PDF]
, 1978 One of the Jesuit priests playing an organ.
Maloof, George E.
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L’Année du Maghreb, 2010 Through the execution of ritual acts accompanied by certain magical words, tasfih is said to protect young Tunisian girls from sexual contact and thereby guarantees their premarital virginity.
Ibtissem Ben Dridi
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L’Année du Maghreb, 2017 Through the course of ethnographic research started over a decade ago about women’ bodies in Tunisia, this article suggests that the way to realize the imperative to control these women’ sexuality is found at the heart of a body politics that targets ...
Meryem Sellami
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