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Index abduction marriage, 54 Abraham (biblical), 13, 143, 158 abstinence, 35, 36–37, 68–69, 105, 138 Achilles Tatius, 81, 127, 133, 155; heroine’s erotic experience, 79, 89; nature and paideia in, 92; signi¤cance of virginity and, 82 Acts. See Luke-Acts, Gospel of Acts of Paul and Thecla, The, 74, 80, 104–108 Acts of Peter, The, 74, 80, 108– 110, 111 Adam (biblical), 71, 153 adultery, 44, 52, 62, 189n113, 191n123 Aemilia, 57, 148 agency, 58, 69–70, 84, 110; in Leucippe and Clitophon, 88, 89; of Mary, 119 Alter, Robert, 5, 168n18 Amann, Emile, 20 Amnon (biblical), 55 Anawim, 15, 175n64 androcentrism, 24–25, 54, 149 aner (man, husband), 25, 134 Anna (Mary’s mother), 146, 148, 157, 160; birth of Mary and, 144; stigma of infertility and, 143, 158 Anna (prophetess), 134, 137, 138 annunciation, 16–17, 117–119, 121– 122, 123 Antiochene church, 10 Apocryphal Acts, 74, 80, 107, 110– 111, 197n30; parody of social norms in, 106; temptation in, 125 Apollo (god), 37–38, 83 Aristotle, 28, 124, 167nn15–16, 179n90; models of female body and, 181n16; on semen, 30–31; on stomata, 32 Ark of the Covenant, 12 Artemis/Diana (goddess), 39, 52, 65, 66–67, 68, 121; autonomy of, 124; contrast with Mary, 158; in Leucippe and Clitophon, 87, 111, 127, 199n43 astrologers (magoi), 159–160 Athena (goddess), 65–66, 67, 68; autonomy of, 124; contrast with Mary, 158 Aubin, Melissa, 107 Augustus (Roman emperor), 44, 53, 67, 191n124 Aulus Gellius, 57, 119 Aune, David E., 36, 38 Babylon, 56 Bal, Mieke, 27–28, 166n11, 190n114 baptism, 107, 111 Bartsch, Shadi, 88 Bathsheba (biblical), 55 Beard, Mary, 41, 162 beauty, 99, 105, 111, 123, 150 betulah (virgin, young woman), 26, 28, 48; bride-price and, 61; liminal status of, 190n114; meanings of, 16, 188n107 birth of Jesus, 12, 21, 132; foretold by angel, 153; Mary as central protagonist, 141; midwife and, 156–157, 158, 159. See also Jesus Christ blood, menstrual, 34, 35, 66, 96 bodily ®uids, 34 body: Judaism’s view of, 46–47; as “one-sex body,” 28; virgin body as body politic, 55–59; virgin body as site of sacred encounter, 36–44; virgin body as site of social construction, 44–55. See also female body boule tou theou (plan of God), 15 Bow, Beverly A., 51, 122, 141 Boyarin, Daniel, 46, 70 bride-price, 48, 52, 61 Brown, Peter, 19, 36–37, 40, 72; on rabbinic view of sex, 46; on sexual intercourse in Jewish exegesis, 193n177; on sexuality and corruption, 70–71; on virginity and marriage, 62–63 Brown, Raymond E., 11, 15, 17, 19 Burchard, Christoph, 101 Burrus, Virginia, 198n33 canticles, 15 celibacy, 60, 68 cervix, 31, 32 character, 4, 179n91 character indicators, 6, 115, 125, 127 characterization of Mary, 4–8, 18, 114, 137, 147, 163; dialogue with angel Gabriel and, 117; maternity and, 11; unity of Luke-Acts and, 9. See also Mary (the Virgin) chastity, 42–43, 45, 62, 159; in ancient novels, 78, 79, 104–108, 111; prophecy and, 138 Chatman, Seymour, 5 children, 27, 28; bearing of, 66–67; conception of, 33; inability to bear, 34, 120, 127, 132; independence of, 53; loss of, 135–136; minor daughters, 48–49, 52–53; pagan goddesses and, 65, 66– 67; sired by gods, 139; taxation and, 44 Christianity, 1, 24, 80, 162; on abandonment of sexual intercourse, 40; literature of, 74; prophecy and, 36; on rape/seduction of virgin bodies, 50–51; on sexuality and corruption, 70–72 christocentrism, 1 christology, 4, 10, 16, 18, 19 Cicero, 36, 167n15 Clement of Alexandria, 59, 71–72, 193n177 Contemplative Life, The (Philo), 59–60 continence, 71 Controversiae (Elder Seneca), 54 Cooper, Kate, 24, 77, 98, 106 corruption, 110 cruci¤xion, 11 cult heroes, 18 culture, 89, 94, 95, 98, 113; cultural discourse, 6–7; cultural intertexture , 8; gender and, 162 Daphne (mythical), 83 Daphnis and Chloe, 74, 75, 91– 98, 133 Darr, John, 5 Daughter of Zion, 12, 18 David (biblical), 13, 55 death, 71–72, 96, 109–110 de¤lement, 70, 147 Delphi, oracle at, 37–38, 40 desire, 77, 87–91, 111, 123 Deuteronomy, Book of, 36, 49, 50, 63, 123 Dinah (biblical), 54–55 Diodorus of Sicily, 39, 40, 127 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 41–42, 56, 119, 127 discipleship, 11–12 disease, 29–36 divorce, 47, 52 Dobschütz, Ernst von, 80 double-mindedness, 63–64 Index  232 [18.216.233.58] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 09:01 GMT...

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