Besorah Philippos — 5. Miryam, Virginity, and Divine Parentage

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The text rejects a crude reading of the statement that Miryam conceived 'by the Ruach haQodesh,' arguing that the Ruach is grammatically and symbolically maternal in its own conceptual world.

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Miryam is called the virgin whom no power defiled.

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The saying about the Father in the heavens is used to distinguish heavenly origin from ordinary earthly paternity.

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The tractate's statements are its own speculative theology and are preserved without being forced into the canonical Besorah framework.

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