Mary Magdalen The Essential History

Name: Mary Magdalen The Essential History
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ISBN: 9781845950040

ISBN-10: 1845950046

ISBN-13: 9781845950040

Edition: 2005

Authors: Susan Haskins

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Mary Magdalen has always been a predominant and fascinating figure for Christianity. But who was she really? The Gnostics hailed her as the companion of the Savior and the woman He loved most. Early Christian writers called her the Bride of Christ and the apostle to the apostles. But for centuries her most durable image has been that of a prostitute who repented and devoted her life to Jesus - an image that both shaped and to some extent reflected the Church's attitude toward women. Yet this figure does not appear in the New Testament. All that we know of the real Magdalen are the four facts noted in the Gospels: she was one of Christ's followers; she was present at His crucifixion; she was…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 3/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.83" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Susan Haskinsis an independent scholar living in London. She is the author ofMary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor. nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;



Preface


Foreword to the Pimlico Edition


Acknowledgements


List of Illustrations



De Unica Magdalena



Companion of the Saviour



Apostola Apostolorum



The Grandes Heures of Vezelay



Beata Peccatrix



Dulcis Amica Dei



The Weeper



Vanitas



Magdalens



Much Malign'd Magdalen


Reference Notes


Select Bibliography


Index