“The woman in Rev. 12 is identified as mother of Christ directly in the text.”
If there is any book of the Bible lacking in perspicuity, it would have to be Revelations. Can you produce the quote? I can’t find it.
It looks to me like you interpret 12.5 “5She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days” as meaning the woman is Mary, but if so, then after the 7th seal was broken, she became pregnant and gave birth to Jesus. And after Jesus ascended, she would have fled into the wilderness.
Also, in Revelations 2 we read, “18”And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write...25 Only hold fast what you have until I come. 26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.”
So I’m not inclined to believe it is referencing Mary, but I’m willing to be proven wrong.
Yes, the woman gives birth to a child (v.2) Who is with God (v 5) and hated by Satan (v.4), the son Whose angles defeat Satan (v.9) and Whose name is Christ (v.10). I wonder who this woman might be.