Description: With the recent surge of interest in Mary Magdalene brought forth by Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," a renowned scholar delves into Mary's significance for understanding the origins of Christianity. This is a new translation of the Gospel of Mary, as well as Marvin W. Meyer's translations of significant portions of other Gnostic gospels and text in which Mary Magdalene plays a major part as Christ's closest disciple.HarperSanFrancisco
Brief description:
Marvin Meyer is one of the foremost scholars on early Christianity and texts about Jesus outside the New Testament. He is Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies at Chapman University in Orange, California. Among his recent books are The Gospel of Judas, The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus, The Gospels of Mary, The Gospel of Thomas, and The Nag Hammadi Scriptures.
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"An excellent compilation of all the earliest texts, both gospels and apocrypha, in which Mary Magdalen appears, showing her importance to the early Church, and highlighting her powerful roles as disciple, apostle, and companion of Christ. Useful introductions and notes make this volume indispensable, too, for understanding the complex figure she became in later Christianity." - Susan Haskins, author of Mary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor
"[Sheds] new light on the role and the spiritual importance of Mary Magdalene in the early Christian tradition." - Spirituality and Health magazine