Waterstones The Gospel of Mary of Magdala
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Price: £23.95
Brand: Waterstones
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. Unlike the controversial Jesus' Wife fragment, the Gospel of Mary does not claim Jesus was married, but it does depict Mary as a disciple. What's more, she is a leader among the disciples | ??one to whom Jesus' male disciples turned for wisdom and advice. The apostle Peter even specifically asks Mary to interpret the words of Jesus. Waterstones The Gospel of Mary of Magdala - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780944344583
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ISBN: 9780944344583
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Author: H. A. Weedon
Rating: 5
Review: This work by Karen L King is well researched, beautifully written and very readable. Best of all, it researches honestly into the early days of Christianity in an open-minded, honest fashion untrammelled by hindsight-boxes labelled variously as 'heretical, gnostic, apocryphal, uncanonical' and so on. The early Christians had no New Testament, which was not finalised in its present form until over 400 years after the time of Jesus. Books such as The Gospel of Mary Magdalene and The Gospel of Thomas may very well be just 'the tip of the iceberg' when it comes to early writings about Jesus and his teachings. It was a case of 'winner takes all' when it comes to what came to be regarded as either orthodox or heretical. Writings that did not agree with the viewpoint of powerful second century church leaders, such as Irenaeus of Lyons were suppressed. Few people could read or write in those days and printing had not been invented, which meant that copies of books were few and far between and thus more easily annihilated by those with another agenda. Ms King clearly shows how misleading it is to label willy-nilly all non-canonical scriptural writings as 'gnostic', a term not in use when The Gospel of Mary of Magdala was compiled, probably early in the Second Century AD, which pre-dates quite a number of the books currently included in the New Testament canon. We can now be more certain than ever that women played an important role in the leadership of the very early Church when, doctrine-wise, Christianity was more deeply divided than it is today when Plymouth Brethren and Roman Catholics have more in common with each other than did the various factions in those far off days. The problem that now faces us is, which of those early factions was nearest to the teaching of Jesus? When the Gospel of Mary of Magdala talks about 'The Saviour' is he the same person as the Christ written about by Saint Paul? Is the Pauline Christ the same person as the Jesus who was the close friend of Mary of Magdala? Have we been 'led up the garden path' by a frustrated hoard of power-hungry, mysoginistic male mega-egoists? History clearly teaches us that male-dominated Christianity of most kinds has made a hash of things. Seeing as Mary of Magdala had a very special relationship with Jesus, it's surely time that pontificating males stood aside and handed the leadership of Christianity over to the ladies. I'm all for that.
Author: Emmet
Rating: 1
Review: impossible to read, it is not an ebook. Someone needs to review and fix this ebook
