num_pages: 382
description: 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 primacy.
language: English
title: The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene: Legends, Apocrypha, and the Christian Testament
titlecomplete: The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene: Legends, Apocrypha, and the Christian Testament
genres: History, Christianity, Religion, Gnosticism, Spirituality, Theology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 42
publisher: Continuum