The Woman Jesus Loved: Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Documents

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

ANTTI MARJANEN, The Woman Jesus Loved: Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Documents (NHS and Manichaean Studies 40; Leiden/New York/Cologne: Brill, 1996). Pp. xii + 261. Nlg 136, $87.75.

Do not be misled by the tabloid-style title of this book. The subtitle states the author's serious intent: to produce a careful study of the role of Mary Magdalene in second- and third-century Gnostic and Manichaean writings. Antti Marjanen examines each text separately, taking as much care as possible to distinguish the fictional narrative from the historical situation of the early ...

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