I would assume that the commentator on the historical sense of scripture,
Nicholas of Lyra , would be very much aware of Mary's Jewishness. Also
the NT genealogies trace Mary's and Joseph's families to OT figures. The
Marian plays in the N-Town cycle reproduce Jewish ritual in some detail.
Mary is clearly a Jew there, as she is when she and Joseph offer the
doves at the Purification/Presentation.
Larry Clopper
On Sat, 17 Aug 1996, Tony and =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sin=E9ad?= Corbett wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> Sorry for interrupting the summer, but I was struck bu this when reading today:
>
>
> In York Play XLIV, The Death of the Virgin, two Jews ask Mary to intercede
> for them because 'thou arte curtaise and comen of oure kynde'. I was struck
> by the phrase and wondered how much awareness was there of the Jewishness of
> Mary and Jesus in the late Middle Ages?
>
> A further question ensued: the Jews don't ask to convert to Christianity,
> but Mary intercedes for them anyway. The creeds (the Athanasian Creed in
> particular) state very specifically that salvation is not possible outside
> the Church. Was this an absolute?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Le gach dea-ghui
>
> Tony Corbett
> English Department
> University College
> Cork
>
>
> Le gach dea-ghui
>
>
> Tony Corbett
> Department of English
> University College
> Cork
> Eire
>
