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ISBN: | 9781441141750 1441141758 9780826416452
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Notes: | Includes index. Print version record.
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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.
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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
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