Chapter 9. Counter-Evidence: Mary and the Jews

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. ABBREVIATIONS xv
6. Introduction 1
7. PART I: From the Bible to the Bahir
8. Chapter 1. Lady Wisdom 19
9. Chapter 2. Philo’s Wisdom 39
10. Chapter 3. The Gnostic Drama 58
11. Chapter 4. The Rabbinic Shekhinah 79
12. Chapter 5. The Shekhinah of the Philosophers 103
13. Chapter 6. The Shekhinah in the Bahir 118
14. PART II. THE QUEST FOR ORIGINS
15. Chapter 7. Gnosis 137
16. Chapter 8. Christianity 147
17. Chapter 9. Counter-Evidence: Mary and the Jews 173
18. Chapter 10. How Much “Origins,” Or: The Anxiety of Influence 217
19. Notes 245
20. Bibliography 289
21. Index 301