The Annunciation to Mary: A Christian Echo in the Qurʾān
The Annunciation to Mary as presented in the Protevangelium of James is an early account of Mary’s childhood and the Virgin Birth that flourished in both Western and Eastern Churches. This Annunciation account, distinct from versions found in the canonical gospels of the New Testament, successfully migrated beyond its Christian milieu, where it had traversed primarily by textual means in late-antiquity. The account’s widespread influence is attested to by its entry into the oral milieu of Arabia, the account being the basis by which the Qurʾān vindicates Mary and corrects Christological error amid a seemingly polemical environment. This article will evaluate qualities of the selected passage Q. 3:42-7 that elucidate the Annunciation’s gain of a new identity as it became adopted into the Qurʾānic corpus while considering how the Annunciation as presented in the passage provides further clarity as to the polemical and political circumstances surrounding the proto-Muslim community.
Gender and Prophetic Authority in the Qur'ānic Story of Maryam: A Literary Approach
L'A. etudie la structure et la dynamique de la presentation coranique de Marie, mere de Jesus. Il analyse les tensions dramatiques de l'histoire, sa rhetorique, les personnages ainsi que les allusions intertextuelles. Cela permet d'avoir une nouvelle perspective de la prophetie dans le Coran puisque Marie est une figure prophetique. Des connections sont etablies entre la prophetie et les themes de la Creation et de l'apocalypse. Marie n'a pas seulement certaines qualites de prophete mais son experience est fondamentale pour la constitution d'une autorite prophetique. C'est par elle que la prophetie dans le Coran atteint une importance universelle et cosmique.
What is an archival education?1
This article introduces the approach to Master's level archival education adopted at the University of Manitoba. It is intended as a contribution to the recently renewed discussion of graduate archival education in the UK and Ireland. The author maintains that recent major developments in the accessibility, uses, and very conception of archives powerfully underscore the distinctiveness of archival work. These developments foster continued collaboration between archivists and those in related professions such as records management, but, more importantly, reinforce their longstanding distinctiveness. The article discusses why and how the University of Manitoba has responded to the increasingly complex challenges facing archivists and archival educators in this evolving setting with an archival, conceptual, historical, and research-oriented curriculum.