Beyond the Gospels: Creating a Visual Identity for the Virgin Mary in Late Antique Egypt
1455 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal, Quebec, CanadaDr. Sabrina Higgins (Simon Fraser University, B.C.) The Virgin Mary is an enigmatic Biblical figure, one who rises from relative unimportance in the canonical gospels to become one of the most prominent figures in Christianity. The theological discourse that culminated with the declaration of Mary as Theotokos (‘God bearer’) at the Council of Ephesus in […]