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Stephen J. Shoemaker

Scholar of early Christian Mary traditions and late-antique Near Eastern religion.

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Stephen J. Shoemaker teaches religious studies at the University of Oregon and researches early Christian traditions about Mary and apocrypha. His translation of a passage in the Book of Mary's ReposeBook of Mary’s ReposeChristian work within Mary’s Dormition traditions.Glossary · Click to read the explanation is used here while distinguishing early SyriacSyriacA literary form of Aramaic, with an extensive Christian heritage and earlier non-Christian attestations.Glossary · Click to read the explanation witnesses from later complete Ethiopic copies. [1]

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  1. Only the specified source portion was read, not the entire work. University of Oregon faculty profile read; selected pages 32–35, 153–154 and 290–296 of his 2002 book read for the parent study, not the entire book. Return to the text ↑

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IL Archive, «Stephen J. Shoemaker», Edition 3, https://ilarchive.com/en/people/stephen-j-shoemaker