An interesting Bibliography of
Goddess Related Material
Adams, Doug, and
Apostolos-Cappadona, Diane, Art as religious studies (Crossroad:
New York 1987)
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Mount Athos (Greece 1971)
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presented at the 83rd General Meeting, Archaeological Institute of
America, S.F. (19.. )
Archer, William G., Bazaar
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Ashe, Geoffrey, The Virgin
(Paladin: Great Britain 1977)
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(London 1978)
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Manheim (Bollingen: Princeton 1967)
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and archaeology: the art of the Christian Egyptians from the late
antique to the Middle Ages (M.I.T.: Massachusetts 1978)
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arrogant genius, Time (19 july 1982)
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meaning-centered philosophy of communication, Journal of
Communication (University of Kansas: Lawrence december 1962) vol.
12, no. 4
Barnstone, Willis The other
Bible (Harper & Row: San Francisco 1984)
Beer, RYdiger Robert, Unicorn:
myth and reality, trans. C.M. Stern (New York 1977)
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late Medieval and Renaissance painting, in honor of Millard Meiss
(New York 1977) vol. 2
Bell, Malcolm, The early work
of Titian (Newnes: London 1905)
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communication (Holt, Rinehart, Winton: New York 1960)
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Thoth: two key figures of the ancient Egyptian religion (E.J.
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salvation presented to Edwin Oliver Williams, ed. by S.G.F.
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distinguish saints in art: a practical guide for picture lovers
(New York 1925)
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E.E. Peterson, Karanis--the temples, coin hoards, botanical and
zoological reports, seasons (University of Michigan: Ann Arbor
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(Univeristy of Chicago: february 1984) vol. 23, no. 3, p. 278-280
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Testament (Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, Michigan 1977/80)
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art and ritual: a study of iconography, architecture, and ritual
action as primary evidence of religious belief and practice (New
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god: comparative studies in the concept of salvation presented to
Edwin Oliver Williams, ed. by S.G.F. Brandon (Manchester, England
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a.d. (Brooklyn Institute of Art and Science 1941; Arno: New York
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the Opening of the Mouth (London 1909)
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as Mother: studies in the spirituality of the high Middle Ages
(University of California: Berkeley 1982)
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Canaday, John, The Greek who
bore great gifts to all mankind, Smithsonian (Washington, DC, july
1982) vol. 13, no. 4
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L. Dungan, Documents for the study of the Gospels (Fortress:
Philadelphia 1981)
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dialogue of the seraphic virgin, Catherine of Siena, dictated by
her, while in a state of ecstasy, to her secretaries, and
completed in the year of our Lord 1370 ... (London 1925)
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The Odes of Solomon (Oxford: London 1973)
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and symbols of primordial man; the evolution of religious
doctrines from the eschatology of the ancient Egyptians (London
1913)
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Bernard (Paris 1979)
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Doug Adams and Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (Crossroad: New York
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the popular religion and folklore of Northern India (Allahabad,
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nursing mother and feminine metaphysics: an essay on embodiment,
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4
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C. Taylor, The hand and the spirit: religious art in America,
1700-1900 (University Art Museum: Berkeley 1972)
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Jew: a guide to Jewish observance in contemporary life (Basic
Books: New York 1972)
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goddess: mythological images of the feminine (Crossroad: New York
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W., The complete book of breastfeeding (Workman: New
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the ordination of women," The Downside Review (Downside Abbey,
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the gods: a study of ancient Near Eastern religion as the
integration of society and nature (University of Chicago 1948)
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Madonna in art (P. Tisne: Paris 1947)
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Lady in England and Wales (London 1957)
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gods of Old Europe 6500-3500 b.c. (California 1982)
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fire: the story of sex in religion (New York 1958)
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encyclopedia of human behavior (New York 1970)
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images: studies in the art of the Renaissance (London 1972)
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of doctrine and devotion (Sheed and Ward: New York 1963)
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(Penquin: Great Britain 1960) 2 vol.
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secular theory (New York 1982)
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Old French legend prior to the fourteenth century, dissertation
(Catholic University of America: Washington, DC 1938)
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vol. 7
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Horus, British Museum Quarterly (London 1938) vol. 12
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clothes (Avon: New York 1975, 1980)
the Holy Bible--New
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and the flute: Kali and Krsna, dark visions of the terrible and
the sublime in Hindu mythology (California 1975)
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Greek art (New York 1932)
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Lattimore, Richmond,
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paradise: some reflections on the appearance of the female breast
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a study of iconography, architecture, and ritual action as primary
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