The Gospels of Mary

“[Sheds] new light on the role and the spiritual importance of Mary Magdalene in the early Christian tradition.” Informationen zum Autor 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 . Esther A. De Boer, Ph.D., is the author of Mary Magdalene: Beyond the Myth . Zusammenfassung Collected together for the first time are the original Gospel of Mary , one of the "Gnostic Gospels," and three other secret texts that reveal the significant role Mary Magdalene played in Jesus' inner circle of disciples. This is a new translation of the Gospel of Mary , as well as Meyer's translations of significant portions of other Gnostic gospels and texts in which Mary Magdalene plays a major part, including the Gospel of Philip , the Gospel of Thomas, Dialogues with the Saviour , and Pistis Sophia . Also included are the passages in the New Testament Gospels that feature Mary Magdalene, and they can now be read in a whole new light. Cumulatively, these texts reveal a vibrant oral tradition in which Mary Magdalene is not only a follower of Jesus but his companion and closest disciple. The book will include lively historical introduction by Meyer, and an interpretive essay by Karen King at Harvard Divinity School, the foremost expert on the Gospel of Mary, whose translation and commentary on the Gospel of Mary is being published by an academic press in October '03.

Product details

• Authors: Esther A. de Boer, Marvin Meyer, Marvin W. Meyer, Meyer Marvin
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2004
• EAN: 9780060727918
• ISBN: 978-0-06-072791-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Religion: general, RELIGION: Spirituality, RELIGION: Christian Theology / History, RELIGION: Christianity / History, RELIGION: BIBLE STUDIES/NEW TESTAMENT, RELIGION: Biblical Studies / Bible Study Guides, RELIGION: Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, RELIGION: Reference, RELIGION: Biblical Reference / General, RELIGION: Faith