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You will want also to look at commentaries, sermons, and other works that make use of Matthew 12, 46-50 and the parallels (Mark 3, 31-35 and Luke 8, 19-21). It was these passages that provided the basis for the image of conceiving Christ, an image that is at least as old as Bernard of Clairvaux's homilies on the Nativity. Hope that this is helpful... DJU At 04:41 PM 9/21/00 +0800, you wrote: >I wondered if anyone had examples of medieval texts which make >metaphorical use of 'conceiving' Christ or 'being pregnant with' >Christ. > >thanks >-- >Andrew Lynch 08-93802185 (phone) >Associate Professor 08-93801030 (fax) >Department of English [log in to unmask] >University of Western Australia >Nedlands, WA 6907 >Australia > ================================= Donald Jacob Uitvlugt [log in to unmask] "For Wales? Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world...But for Wales!" -----Thomas More in _A Man for All Seasons_ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%