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Magdalene: Legends, Apocrypha, and the Christian Testament by Jane Schaberg and Mary Magdalen, Myth and Metaphor by Susan Haskin. We also additionally recommend the first three books listed to the left: Mary Magdalene, First Apostle by Ann Brock The Resurrection of Mary This film is worth watching: The Secrets of Mary Magdalene The Discovery Channel did a fine documentary on the tradition of Mary Magdalene, with balanced commentary from several recognized scholars of early Christian and Gnostic tradition. King's introductory chapter from The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle. King provides the contextual information a reader needs to understand the messages of this important text. King's introduction to her book – which we provide here in preview – gives an excellent overview of the text of the Gospel of Mary and a discussion about the discovery and surviving manuscript fragments. Without explanatory and background material, it will be impossible for a reader unfamiliar with ancient Gnostic Christian writings to understand the Gospel of Mary. Highly recommend Karen King's new translation with extended commentary, The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle. The Gospel of Mary is also included, along with a useful introduction, in the International Edition of The Nag Hammadi Scriptures. The manuscript text begins on page 7, in the middle of a passage. The extant text of the Gospel of Mary, as found in the Berlin Gnostic Codex, is presentedīelow. Included sections of the text up to chapter 4, and portions of chapter 5 to 8. Manuscript of the Gospel of Mary is missing pages 1 to 6 and pages 11 to 14 – pages that
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Thomas page for more information about Oxyrhynchus.) Finding three fragments of a text of this antiquity is extremely unusual, and it is thus evidenced that the Gospel of Mary was well distributed in early Christian times and existed in both an original Greek and a Coptic language translation.
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(Fragments of the Gospel of Thomas wereĪlso found at this ancient site see the Oxyrhynchus and Gospel of Mary from separate Greek editions were later unearthed in archaeological excavationsĪt Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. Two other small fragments of the Gospel of Mary – and it is clear this named Mary is Of Jesus Christ as they now are published in Nag Hammadiīut more importantly, the codex preserves the most complete surviving fragment of the Gospel of Texts from the Berlin Gnostic Codex were used to aid and augment translations of the Apocryphon of John and the Sophia Of Jesus Christ – had also been preserved in the Nag Hammadi collection. It was found that copies of two of the texts in this codex – the Apocryphon of John, and the Sophia By then the large Nag Hammadi collection of ancient Gnostic writings had also been recovered. The texts themselves date to the second century and were originally authored in Greek.ĭespite the importance of the discovery of this ancient collection of Gnostic scriptures, several misfortunes including two world wars delayed It contains Coptic translations of three very important early Christian Gnostic texts: the Gospel of Mary, the Apocryphon The codex (as these ancient books are called) was probably copied and bound in the late fourth or early fifth century. Carl Reinhardt, and then taken to Berlin. It was purchased in Cairo in 1896 by a German scholar, Dr. This very important and well-preserved codex was discovered in the late-nineteenth century somewhere near Akhmim in upper Egypt. The Gospel of Mary is found in the Berlin Gnostic Codex ( Papyrus Berolinensis 8502). King's introduction to The Gospel of Mary of Magdala
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Gnostic Scriptures and Fragments The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene Archive | Library | Bookstore | Index This is the best authoritative edition available, and includes a Highly recommended!īuy the Book An excellent study of the myth of the Magdaleneīuy the Book An outstanding new print edition of the This is one of our favorite studies - accurate, comprehensive, scholarly and very readable. A feminist appraisal of the Magdalene's history. Magdalene: Legends, Apocrypha, and the Christian Testament by Jane Schaberg. An outstanding history of Mary Magdalene and her myth. Magdalene in History and Myth: Mary Magdalene, First Apostleīy Ann Brock. Collection Index: Library Main Page Nag Hammadi Library Gnostic Scriptures GRS Mead Collection Polemical Works Christian Apocrypha Corpus Hermeticum Manichaean Writings Mandaean Writings Cathar Writings Alchemical Writings Modern Gnostic Texts Dead Sea Scrolls