# Mary

Source: https://enocharchive.com/characters/mary (Enoch Archive).

Mary was a virgin of the family of David, espoused to Joseph the carpenter, also of David's seed from Bethlehem Judah. The Ascension of Isaiah states that the angel of the Spirit appeared, Joseph kept her as a holy virgin though with child, and she saw a small babe and was astonished. The Cave of Treasures records that Yónakhir begot Mary by Dina, of whom Christ was born, and Joseph circumcised the Child at eight days old according to the Law.

The Cave of Treasures affirms she was of the seed of David and Abraham, contrary to those who called her an adulteress, and links her ministers to the angels on Jacob's ladder. The Kebra Nagast names her Our Lady of Salvation and the twofold Virgin, notes angels at Christ's birth, and traces the Pearl through Abraham and Isaac.

**books:** The Cave of Treasures; The Kebra Nagast; The Ascension of Isaiah