Visualizing Women in the Apocrypha

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Andrea-Bianka Znorovszky; Teodora Artimon

Organizer Affiliation

Ca' Foscari Univ. Venezia; Trivent Publishing

Presider Name

Teodora Artimon

Paper Title 1

Responsible Midwifery or Reckless Disbelief? Revisiting Salome's Examination of Mary in the Protoevangelium of James

Presenter 1 Name

Mark M. Mattison

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 2

Introduction to Mary as High Priest in Early Christian Narratives and Iconography

Presenter 2 Name

Ally Kateusz

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research

Paper Title 3

With Heat in My Heart: Anger, Affect, and the Anglo-Saxon Apocrypha

Presenter 3 Name

Natalie M. Whitaker

Presenter 3 Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Paper Title 4

Visualizing Saint Anne and Mary’s Youth in French Miniatures

Presenter 4 Name

Andrea-Bianka Znorovszky

Start Date

12-5-2019 8:30 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 2040

Description

The session is devoted to the construction and visualization of women as reflected in apocryphal sources. It brings into attention narrative subversions on the evolution of the tradition on Mary’s postpartum virginity and highlights power and gender dynamics in Anglo-Saxon society by examining the Old English Judith. Furthermore, it brings into discussion the early Christian narratives which focus on the markers of Mary’s priesthood and it also discusses the function of Saint Anne in visual representations of Mary’s youth. Andrea Bianka Znorovszky