The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene: Legends Apocrypha and the Christian Testament

About this book

The controversy surrounding Dan Browns novel The Da Vinci Code has intensified interest in Mary Magdalene and Jane Schaberg provides an authoritative source for a deeper understanding and re-assessment of this popular figure. Within a progressive feminist framework The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene approaches Christian Testament sources through analysis of legend archaeology and gnostic/apocryphal traditions. This is the story of the suppression and distortion of a powerful woman leader - Schaberg presents Mary Magdalene as successor to Jesus in a challenging alternative to the Petrine primacy. A work of controversial and creative scholarship.