Mary as the First Christians Knew Her : The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts

RThe Mary that Frederica Mathewes-Green gives us in these winsome texts--a palpably real woman at once humble and exhalted--transcends the differences that persist even today among the main streams of the Christian tradition, not least because this Mary points beyond herself to the ultimate source of our hope and our joy.S--John Wilson, editor "Books & Culture."