Jesus And The Jewish Roots Of Mary

The bestselling author of Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist casts newlight on the Virgin Mary, showing that she is an icon for women and men to emulatein contemporary society.Are Catholic teachings on Mary really biblical? Or are they just traditions madeup by old white men? Is she truly the "Mother of God" or just the mother of Jesus?Did she actually remain a virgin her whole life or do the "brothers of Jesus" refer toher other children? By praying to Mary, are Catholics "worshiping" her? And whyare these points of doctrine relevant to securing a proper understanding of JesusChrist?In Mother of God: The Jewish Roots of the Virgin Mary, Dr. Pitre will takereaders step-by-step through Sacred Scripture from the Garden of Eden to theBook of Revelation and show just how amazingly biblical the Catholic Church'steaching on Mary really is. Dr. Pitre will use the Old Testament and AncientJudaism to unlock how the Bible itself teaches that Mary is nothing less than theMother of God, the Queen of Heaven and Earth, the New Eve, and the New Ark ofthe Covenant.