Publication
Santa Rosa, CA : Polebridge Press, 2003.
Call number
GT-C-EW / Mary
ISBN
0944344585 / 9780944344583
Original publication date
2nd century CE
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CSS Library Notes
Gospel of Mary , Mary Magdalene :
Physical description
x, 230 p.; 23 cm
Description
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.
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