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Gnosticism & Christian Mysticism

The Gospel of Mary of Magdala

by Karen L. King

Karen L. King presents a translation and extended commentary on the Gospel of Mary, an early Christian text surviving in fragmentary Coptic and Greek manuscripts. She discusses its teachings on the soul's ascent and the nature of salvation, its portrayal of Mary Magdalene as a recipient of special revelation, and its implications for questions of authority and gender in early Christianity. The book is a careful scholarly guide to an important noncanonical gospel.

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