PDF⋙ The Gospel of Mary: Listening to the Beloved Disciple by Esther A. de Boer
The Gospel of Mary: Listening to the Beloved Disciple by Esther A. de Boer The Gospel of Mary: Listening to the Beloved Disciple by Esther A. de Boer PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad The success of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has raised new interest in Mary Magdalene and in the Gospel of Mary. Here, the author examines Mary Magdalene's influence on the beginnings of Christianity and asks what was her impact and her message? And furthermore, what became of her and her ideas? Esther de Boer studies the Gospel of Mary (the only Gospel to be named after a woman) to discover what it reveals about Mary Magdalene and to determine the origin of its portrayal. She argues that the Gospel of Mary is not a Gnostic writing but is more closely related to the writings of Philo, the letters of Paul and the Gospel of John. She demonstrates that esteem of Mary Magdalene did not just belong to the Gnostic tradition but to a broader Christian context. In order to determine this context, the study identifies