The Jewish Queens of Palestine..Some named Mary…Why they matter and why we don't know about them…
When I first moved to Missouri in the 90s, I drove from Southern California. As I neared St. Louis, I came upon a town called Eureka. That pleased me as there is a Eureka and a huge billboard advertising the Black Madonna Grotto. I would haunt the place for about a year before I moved on. http://www.theblackmadonnashrine.org The Black Madonna was a big topic in the New Testament Feminist scholarship. My favorite dogeared book is “The Cult of the Black Virgin” by Ean Begg, 1985 This painting on display at the Grotto of Our Lady of Czestochowa. It has a fabled history giving the artist as St. Luke.
Jesus “Son of Mary”
Mark 6:3
A fresh look at royal Israel and Jesus “King of the Jews”
