The Mary Magdalene Cover-Up: The Sources Behind the Myth

Boer, Esther A. de

ISBN 10: 0567031829 / ISBN 13: 9780567031822

Published by T&T Clark (edition First Edition), 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mary Magdalene Cover-Up: The Sources Behind the Myth
• Publisher: T&T Clark (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567031829
• ISBN 13: 9780567031822
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

Esther A. de Boer completed her Ph.D. at the Theological University of Kampen, Holland. She is the author of Mary Magdalene: beyond the Myth (Trinity Press International, 1997)

The Revd Dr. John Bowden is the former Editor and Managing Director of SCM Press. He is the author of several books and articles, including Christianity: The Complete Guide, and has translated numerous religious books from German, French and Dutch.