The Gospel of Mary of Magdala :
Jesus and the first woman apostle /
Karen L. King.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Santa Rosa, CA : Polebridge Press, 2003.
- Summary
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Lost for more than fifteen hundred years, the Gospel of Mary is the only existing early Christian gospel written in the name of a woman. Karen L. King tells the story of the recovery of this remarkable gospel and offers a new translation. This brief narrative presents a radical interpretation of Jesus' teachings as a path to inner spiritual knowledge. It rejects his suffering and death as a path to eternal life and exposes the view that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute for what it is--a piece of theological fiction. The Gospel of Mary of Magdala offers a glimpse into the conflicts and controversies that shaped earliest Christianity.
- Physical Description
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x, 230 p. :
ill., map ;
23 cm.
- ISBN
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0944344585 (pbk.)
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