Mary Magdalene Cover-Up

The Sources Behind the Myth

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Mary Magdalene has always been the subject of both popular and scholarly intrigue. Was she the wife of Jesus, his complete initiate, a Goddess or a priestess? Did the Church dramatically alter her image to deny her importance? These questions have inspired representations of her in art, film and literature, from "Caravaggio" to "The Last Temptation of Christ" and "The Da Vinci Code". The "Mary Magdalene Cover-Up" is the first book to bring the original sources that have informed our current day view of Mary to a wider audience. Esther de Boer has brought together an impressive array of texts from the first century, when Mary Magdalene was alive, to the sixth century, when her image as a penitent sinner was invented. Each text is accompanied by an informed and lively commentary by the author placing it in its historical context. This combination of original texts and commentary enables the reader to draw their own conclusions about this most enigmatic of first-century women.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-06-30
Mått155 x 232 x 18 mm
Vikt300 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780567031822
ÖversättareBowden, John

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

1. Beloved disciple; Novels; Myth and esotericism; Legend; This book; 2. Who was Mary Magdalene?; The reformed prostitute; Fragments from Luke and John: Comments; The wife of Jesus; Fragments from Mark and the Gospel of Philip: Comments; The complete initiate; Fragments from Luke: Comments; 3. Disciple and witness; A non-historical figure?; Fragments from 1 Corinth, Mark, Matthew, Luke: Comments; More or less important; Fragments from Mark, The epistle from the Apostles, Gospel of Peter, Psalms from Heraklides: Comments; An untrustworthy witness?; Fragments from the True teaching of Celsus, of the Gospel of Mary and the Gospel of Thomas: Comments; A prominent witness to Gnostic teaching; Fragments of Pistis Sofia: Comments; 4. Mary's teaching; The meaning of Jesus' death and life; Fragments of John: Comments; God, creation and evil; Fragments of Stoic teach.

Esther de Boer's work is a valuable resource for current and future scholars interested in rethinking the history of early Christianity. She has gathered here all the relevant texts we now know, canonical and apocryphal and patristic, some of which appear in English here for the first time. Her presentation is clearly organized (introduction, texts, explanation). I highly recommend it for those who want to join the conversation. Jane Schaberg, University of Detroit Mercy