TY - JOUR N2 - The author in his article deals with the role that Mary of Nazareth, the mother of Messiah, the Gebirah, played in the economy of salvation. The title Gebirah means the dignity of the king’s mother and the special power of her influence. Therefore, the Books of Kings almost always mention the name of the king’s mother by introducing the description of each Judah ruler from the Davidic dynasty from which the Messiah was born. The dignity of Gebirah was given to the king’s mother at the time of her son’s enthronement. The king’s mother received the prestigious title of Gebirah (2 Kings 5:3; Jer 13:18), because she gave birth to her son (geber), who became king (2 Sam 23:1). They mention three texts of the Bible about the mother of the Messiah, depicting an important figure of a mother’s role (Genesis 3:15; Jes 7:14 and Mich 5:2). Both the figure of the king and his mother prefigure the Messianic King Jesus (2 Sam 7:10-17) and his mother Mary. Mary, the Mother of Jesus, considered to be a messianic personification of the entire people of Israel, becomes the new Daughter of Zion. Mary as the messianic Gebirah is actually the Mother of the Church. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/104107/PDF/11.%20Witaszek.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/104107 PY - 2018 EP - 179 DO - 10.24425/119668 KW - Mary KW - Gebirach KW - mother of the king KW - Messiah KW - the Mother of the Church A1 - Witaszek, Gabriel PB - Polskia Akademia Nauk - Komitet Nauk Teologicznych VL - Tom 13 DA - 2019.02.25 T1 - Mary. The Gebirah Messianica SP - 169 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/104107 T2 - Studia Nauk Teologicznych PAN ER -