The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene

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.

Author: Jane Schaberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 08/31/2004
Pages: 382
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.00w x 1.09d
ISBN13: 9780826416452
ISBN10: 0826416454
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | New Testament
- Religion | Christian Theology | General
- Philosophy | Religious

About the Author
Jane Schaberg is Professor of Religious Studies and Women's Studies at the University of Detroit Mercy. She is the author of The Illegitimacy of Jesus, and an editor of On the Cutting Edge: The Study of Women in the Biblical World. As an acknowledged expert on Mary Magdalene, she has appeared in the Washington Times, on CNN and in Newsweek.
Jane Schaberg is also a contributor to "Secrets of Mary Magdalene" Edited by Dan Burstein and Arne J. de Keijzer, with an introduction by Elaine H. Pagels.