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圣经中并没有提供关于耶稣的母亲马利亚多的信息。也许这是因为圣经以基督耶稣——神的儿子为中心。然而，如果我们仔细看圣经,他们揭开源于旧约全书的旧契约与源于新约圣经的新约之间的联系。玛丽是两个旧约之间的通道,因为她代表以色列和耶稣的教堂。从基督教的起源和发展来看，玛丽是极具历史性的，是“锡安的女儿”(西番雅书3:12),西番雅书宣布以色列将重获自由,从以色列的遗迹来看,玛丽是谦卑的和低微的，是锡安的女儿。在《希伯来圣经》中，锡安被称为女儿，在新约中，被称为圣母玛利亚和圣母。

因此圣经旧约文本连接《新约全书》，同样，玛丽在撒迦利亚发现上帝,“唱歌,欢乐,锡安的女儿,现在我来了，住在你们中间——耶和华声明”(Haffner。第2004页。28页)。圣卢克在他的《圣母颂报》中链接这篇文章,“喜乐,你享受上帝的青睐!耶和华与你同在。玛丽不要害怕,你已经赢得上帝的青睐。”

Introduction

Bible does not offer much information regarding Mary the mother of Jesus. Perhaps this is because Scripture centres around the person, of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Yet if we look closer to the Scriptures, they unravel a connection between the Old Covenant from the Old Testament and the New Covenant from the New Testament. Mary is the passage between both Testaments as she represents Israel and Jesus' Church. Mary is historical as Christianity looks back to her presence as 'the daughter of Sion' (Zephaniah 3:12) where Zephaniah declared the freedom of Israel would commence, from a remnant of Israel, a humble and low-born daughter of Sion. Sion referred to a daughter in the Hebrew Scriptures and Virgin and Mother in the New Testament.

Therefore a Scriptural text that links both Testaments and likewise Mary to God is found in Zechariah, 'Sing, rejoice, daughter of Sion, for now I am coming to live among you- Yahweh declares' (Haffner. P. 2004. p. 28). St. Luke links this text in his version of the Annunciation; 'Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! The Lord is with you. Mary do not be afraid; you have won God's favour.

Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a Son, and you must name Him Jesus' (Luke 1: 28, 30, 31). Therefore in the here and now, Mary was historical but in the era of the Old Testament, Mary was prophetical where a Redeemer would come from a woman (Genesis 3:15). Yet according to Byzantine Liturgy within the Kontakion, Mary is eschatological because she is 'our steady hope and protection' (Haffner. P. 2004. p. 19). This is to say that the 'yesterday of Israel and of the Church becomes present through liturgical memorial; today is marked by constant and active presence of Our Lady in the pilgrimage of the Church, towards its goal; tomorrow is a reality which is already imperfectly anticipated, and this offers confidence and hope' (Haffner. P. p. 19).

Chapter One

Was Mary the Second Eve?

'You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.' (NRSV. Genesis 2: 16-17)

Although God had commanded Adam not to eat from the tree of knowledge we also hear Eve explain to the serpent ' God said they were not to eat any of the fruit from the tree that stood in the middle of the Garden of Eden' (NRSV. Genesis 3: 3). Eve was tempted by the serpent and the thought of gaining knowledge and in turn, Eve tempted Adam who also ate the forbidden fruit. From this fall of Adam and the moment of consumption, sin entered into the world. Although their sin was against God, ever since all humanity has been conceived and本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。