The resurrection of Mary Magdalene : legends, apocrypha and the Christian testament /

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Author / Creator:Schaberg, Jane, author.
Imprint:New York, New York ; London [England] : Continuum, 2004.
©2002
Description:1 online resource (382 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11230129
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ISBN:9781441141750
1441141758
9780826416452
Notes:Includes index.
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Summary:The controversy surrounding Dan Brown''s 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 p.
Other form:Print version: Schaberg, Jane. Resurrection of Mary Magdalene : legends, apocrypha and the Christian testament. New York, New York ; London, [England] : Continuum, 2004, ©2002 379 pages 9780826416452