First apostle: the search for Mary Magdalene.(Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle)(Book review)

From: The Christian Century | Date: May 16, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle. By Ann Graham Brock. Harvard University Press, 235 pp., $25.00.

Mary Magdalene: A Biography. By Bruce Chilton. Doubleday, 206 pp., $23.95.

The Mary Magdalene Tradition. By Holly E. Hearon. Liturgical Press, 236 pp., $24.95.

The Gospel of Mary of Magdala. By Karen L. King. Polebridge Press, 230 pp., $20.00.

The Gospels of Mary. By Marvin Meyer HarperSanFrancisco, 122 pp., $17.95.

IN THE LATE second-century text called the Gospel of Mary, the apostle Peter asks regarding Mary Magdalene, "Should we all turn and listen to ...

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