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Maria. (Ro Ro Ro Monographie)

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158 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1999

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Alan Posener

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May 2, 2010
It seems that unfortunately there isn't an English edition of this title but only a Spanish one. I've read the German pocket book which is published by the German publisher "Rowohlt Verlag", within a series of short monographs.

These monographs usually have many illustrations and show us also what famous persons said about the person being portrayed, like in that Beatles song "Let it be", for instance. In the song it says about the Virgin Mary: "When I find myself in times of trouble/ Mother Mary comes to me/ Speaking words of wisdom:/ Let it be."

So, this book is about Mary, the mother of Jesus or the Virgin Mary. And Alan Posener writes about the "historical" Mary and about the adoration of the Virgin Mary as well. Different religious groups developed their very own perceptions of Mary. ... By the way, Alan Posener writes a nice blog, too. It can be found on the website of the German newspaper "Die Welt".


Dieses knappe Taschenbuch aus dem Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag über Maria, die Mutter Jesu, ist erschienen in der Reihe "rowohlts monographien". Die "rororo Monographien" wurden begründet von Kurt Kusenberg und werden nun herausgegeben von Wolfgang Müller und Uwe Naumann.

Neben der Darstellung / Vermutung der "historischen" Maria, beschreibt Alan Posener auch, wie sich die Marienverehrung entwickelt hat bzw. wie die unterschiedlichen religiösen Gruppierungen "ihre" Vorstellung von Maria entwickelten.

Wie immer in dieser Reihe bei Rowohlt, sind im Anhang Zeugnisse berühmter Persönlichkeiten angeführt. Unter anderem ein Auszug aus "Let it be" von den Beatles: "When I find myself in times of trouble/ Mother Mary comes to me/ Speaking words of wisdom:/ Let it be." ... Der Autor Alan Posener schreibt übrigens auch einen lesenswerten Blog auf der "Welt Online"-Seite.
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