Mary

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"Mary" is a 1949 novel by Polish-Jewish writer Sholem Asch that reimagines the life of Jesus through the perspective of his mother.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mary canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Sholem Asch ⓘ
authorEthnicity Jewish ⓘ
authorNationality Polish ⓘ
basedOn life of Jesus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
depicts Jesus ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Mary, mother of Jesus

early Christian community ⓘ
followedBy The Nazarene ⓘ
surface form: The Nazarene (novel)
genre historical novel ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Joseph ⓘ
disciples of Jesus ⓘ
hasCulturalContext Jewish–Christian dialogue in the 20th century ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasMoralFocus redemption ⓘ
spiritual struggle ⓘ
hasPerspective female perspective on Jesus’s life ⓘ
hasReligiousSubject New Testament ⓘ
hasSubject life of Jesus as seen by his mother ⓘ
hasTheme Jewish Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Jewish–Christian relations

faith ⓘ
motherhood ⓘ
religious identity ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
hasTitle Mary ⓘ
influencedBy Gospels ⓘ
surface form: Christian Gospels

Jewish religious tradition ⓘ
literaryForm narrative fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century Jewish literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Mary, mother of Jesus
narrativePerspective Virgin Mary ⓘ
surface form: Mary, mother of Jesus
originalLanguage Yiddish ⓘ
partOf Sholem Asch’s Christian trilogy ⓘ
surface form: Sholem Asch’s New Testament trilogy
precededBy The Apostle ⓘ
surface form: The Apostle (novel)
publicationYear 1949 ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
settingPeriod 1st century ⓘ
settingRegion Roman province of Judea ⓘ
surface form: Roman Judea
timeOfPublication mid-20th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sholem Asch → notableWork → Mary ⓘ
Szmul Asz → notableWork → Mary ⓘ
subject surface form: Sholem Asch