Mary Called Magdalene

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Pan Books

Mary Magdalene, the beloved disciple and companion of Jesus, the Woman with the Alabaster Jar, has had mystique since her name first appeared in the Gospel of Mark. The references to Mary Magdalene are tantalizingly brief, yet she continues to spark controversy, curiosity and veneration. We know more about her than

about many of Christ's male disciples and her significance is enshrined in her ancient honorific 'Apostle to the Apostles'. Even so, as a woman, she remains in shadow. Was she a prostitute, a female-divinity figure, a church leader, or all of those?

Hallmarked by bestselling Margaret George's dazzling mix of history and creativity, Mary Called Magdalene is George's most ambitious work yet. Brilliantly grounded in both biblical and secular historical research, it depicts Mary of Magdala in the first hundred years of the first millennium and peels away layers of legend.

George vividly re-creates the childhood and adolescence of an ordinary girl and shows her growing into a real-life woman who undergoes a remarkable spiritual transformation. Testaments, letters and narrative convincingly capture Mary's immediate and moving voice as she becomes part of the circle of disciples and comes to grips with the divine. Ultimately, Mary Called Magdalene transcends both history and fiction to become the 'diary of a soul' — tracing a journey that is always personal but also universal.

английский

Penguin Books

Mary Magdalene, the beloved disciple and companion of Jesus, has held a mystique since her name first appeared in the Gospel of Mark. References to her are tantalizingly brief, but we do know that she was the first person to whom the risen Christ appeared - and the one commissioned to tell others the good news, earning her the ancient honorific "Apostle to the Apostles." Today, Mary continues to spark controversy, curiosity, and veneration. Was she a prostitute, a female-divinity figure, a church leader, or all three? In a vivid re-creation of Mary Magdalene's life story, Margaret George uses testaments, letters, and narrative to convincingly capture Mary's voice as she moves from girlhood to womanhood, becomes part of the circle of disciples, and comes to grips with the divine. Grounded in biblical scholarship and secular research, this mesmerizing novel is a moving "diary of a soul."