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THE MOTHER OF GOD Mary was a first-century Galilean Jewish woman of ‏,‏Nazareth the wife of ‏,‏Joseph and the mother of ‏.‏Jesus The gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament describe Saint Mary as a ‏.‏virgin In Matthew and Luke she is betrothed to ‏.‏Joseph Some apocryphal accounts state that at the time of her betrothal to ‏,‏Joseph Mary was ‏–‏‎12‎ ‎14‎ years ‏.‏old According to ancient Jewish ‏,‏custom Mary could have been betrothed at about ‏.‏‎12‎ Erusin ‏(אירוסין)‏ is the Hebrew term for ‏.‏betrothal In Modern ‏,‏Hebrew ‏"‏Erusin‏"‏ means ‏,‏engagement but this is not the historical meaning of the ‏,‏term which is the first part of marriage the‏)‏ second part being ‏.(‏Nissuin ‏,‏Technically the Jewish wedding process has two distinct ‏:‏stages kiddushin sanctification‏)‏ or ‏,‏dedication also called ‏,‏erusin betrothal in ‏(‏Hebrew and nissuin ‏,(‏marriage‏)‏ when the couple start their life ‏.‏together ‏:‏Born ‏,‏Nazareth Israel ‏:‏Died ‏,‏Jerusalem Israel ‏:‏Spouse Saint Joseph ‏:‏Parents Saint ‏,‏Anne Joachim ‏:‏Nicknames Blessed Virgin ‏,‏Mary Mother ‏,‏Mary Mother of ‏,‏God Saint ‏,‏Mary Virgin ‏,‏Mary ‏.‏St Mary the ‏,‏Virgin mother of ‏,‏Christ mother of the ‏,‏Theotokos fiancée of Joseph al-Najjar ‏:‏Birthday September 8 The ‏,‏Virgin ‏,‏Mary mother of Jesus ‏,‏Christ and in the study of the history of her life and her ‏,‏place we can put before us what ‏:‏comes ‏:‏first what the revelation ‏:‏recorded we know that she and Joseph came from the tribe of ‏,‏Judah the descendants of David compare‏)‏ Luke ‏,‏‎1:32‎ ‏,‏‎69‎ Romans ‏,‏‎1:3‎ 2 Timo ‏,‏‎2:8‎ and Hebrews ‏.(‏‎7:14‎ The series of attributes of Christ was received from joseph's side Mt‏)‏ ‏,‏‎1:16‎ Le ‏.(‏‎3:23‎ The Virgin Mary had ‎35‎