as the queen of heaven. and she hasn t stepped down since. they couldn t deal with the real mary. she was just too strong, too intelligent, too capable. they had to sort of pare her down, make her two-dimensional, just this icon. they had to make her virgin, and only virgin. and the icon, as centuries of artists have shown us, is blonde and blue-eyed. but the reality may come as something of a shock. i would assume that she looked like other middle eastern women, which would have been dark haired and dark skinned. and she probably would have been about the same height as women of her time. and what we know about that is, that s probably five feet 5 1 , 5 2 , somewhere in there. and scholars say her name wasn t mary, but mariam, in the aramaic language she spoke in a small town called nazareth. it was a rural existence, governed by the rituals of jewish life, and by roman soldiers in the nearby city of
they couldn t deal with the real mary. she was just too strong, too intelligent, too capable. they had to sort of pare her down, make her two-dimensional, just this icon. they had to make her virgin, and only virgin. and the icon, as centuries of artists have shown us, is blonde and blue-eyed. but the reality may come as something of a shock. i would assume that she looked like other middle eastern women, which would have been dark haired and dark skinned. and she probably would have been about the same height as women of her time. and what we know about that is, that s probably five feet 5 1 , 5 2 , somewhere in there. and scholars say her name wasn t mary, but mariam, in the aramaic language she spoke in a small town called nazareth. it was a rural existence, governed by the rituals of jewish life, and by roman soldiers in the nearby city of
i would assume that she looked like other middle eastern women, which would have been dark haired and dark skinned. and she probably would have been about the same height as women of her time. and what we know about that is, that s probably five feet 5 1 , 5 2 , somewhere in there. and scholars say her name wasn t mary, but mariam, in the aramaic language she spoke in a small town called nazareth. it was a rural existence, governed by the rituals of jewish life, and by roman soldiers in the nearby city of sepphoris, a frequent target of jewish rebels. according to journalist lesley hazelton, author of mary: a flesh and blood biography of the virgin mother, mary was not just an observer, but directly involved in the politics of her time. there s no doubt in my mind that she because she knew the ins and outs and all the side roads of the hills, where the
they re not thinking about large democratic classes they re thinking about individuals. thinking about one dude in ohio and had a hamburger for lunch does that mean he s going for romney/ryan. your piece in the new york times last week or a couple weeks ago, i thought was interesting. the obama campaign wasn t mary merely with those concerned who had moved because of the chicago pick. chicago was tracking those who may have become susceptible to future movement. once the campaign had identified those voters could start communicating with them through individually targeted contact like mail, phone calls or niche media which elude the attention of the national political press. right. niche media is something that has been completely ignored by the national media. if you talk to the people in the media department in chicago, or boston, they re very focused on regional and local media and new media, on-line media. where counties become important and they ve always been an important,
real mary. she was just too strong, too intelligent, too capable. they had to pare her down. they had to make her virgin, and only virgin. and the icon as centuries of artists have shown us is blond and blue-eyed. but the reality may come as something of a shock. i would assume that she looked like other middle eastern women, which would have been dark-haired and dark-skinned. and she probably would have been about the same height as women of her time. and what we know about that is that that s probably 5 feet, 5 1 , 5 2 , somewhere in there. and scholars say her name wasn t mary, but marian, and she lived in a small town called nazareth. it was a rural existence governed by rituals of jewish life and by roman soldiers in the nearby city, a frequent target of jewish rebels.