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Gnosticism & Christian Mysticism
Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle
The Struggle for Authority
- First published2003
- TraditionGnosticism
- Shelf132 books
A study of how early Christian texts, canonical and non-canonical, present Mary Magdalene and Peter as rival authorities. Brock traces a pattern in which texts that elevate Peter tend to diminish Mary, and vice versa.
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