Maryam bint Imran holds a singularly exalted place in Islam. The Quran refers to her seventy times and explicitly identifies her as the greatest woman to have ever lived. Moreover, she is the only wom
Quranic nativity: Maryam (left) in labor shaking the date palm, with baby Isa (right) and hidden voice below
Mary and the infant Jesus from a 16th century Indian manuscript
Annunciation in The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries, folio 162v. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 1489
Joachim was, according to Christian Sacred tradition, the husband of Saint Anne, the father of Mary and grandfather of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Gospel of James, part o
Mary in Islam
…Maryam bint Imran (Arabic: مريم بنت عمران, lit. 'Mary, daughter of Imran') holds a singularly exalted place in Islam. The Quran refers to her seventy times and explicitly identifies her as the greatest woman to have ever…
Saint Joachim by Juan Simón Gutiérrez, c. 1700
12th-century German Nativity of Mary, with Joachim wearing a Jewish hat
Statue of Saint Joachim at Church of St. Nicholas in Friesach [de]