3While he was in Bethany,reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. 4Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why...
Jewish Women/Jewish Men: the Legacy of Patriarchy in Jewish Life– Aviva Cantor The Woman with the Alabaster Jar– Margaret Starbird The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origin of Human culture– William Irwin Thompson Behind the Sex of God– Carol Ochs When Wom...
If they had, they could have experienced the same restorative compassion that Jesus poured out to the “sinful” woman with the alabaster jar, and to the woman caught in adultery, and to the tax collectors, prostitutes, and all the others who represented sheep in need of their Shepherd. If...
When a sinful woman from that town learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume. / As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the...
Reclaiming the Sacred FeminineandThe Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail, both by Margaret Starbird. (Starbird, a self-identified Catholic, has her books published by Matthew Fox’s outfit, Bear & Co.) Another influence, at least at second remove, isThe Woman’...
6While Jesus was in Bethanyin the home of Simon the Leper,7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. 8When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked.9“This ...
a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table. / When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste? / This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to ...
The chorus expresses the theme of saying goodbye to a lover who had taken her for granted. The title plays upon the verse in the song “all the world is a stage and everyone has their part,” a reference to the line byWilliam Shakespearein his playAs You Like It, “All the world’...
a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table. / When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste? / This perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to ...
In the centre was a figure, white, brown and orange to make a reasonable attempt at Aethan alabaster skin tones. To one side she was wreathed with red flame, the other white – the dichotomy of the Red Goddess and the White Jedi Milaea had seen on Coruscant. In the shadow of the ...