Which Mary?: The Marys of Early Christian Tradition
Seven essays document a session sponsored by the Christian Apocrypha Section at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Among the topics are mistaken identity in naming the Gnostic Mary, Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother in Pistis Sophia, the Gospel of Mary, Mary Magdalene in the Acts of Philip, and seeking the source of the Marian Myth. Primary sources and modern authors, but not subjects, are indexed. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Which Mary?: The Marys of Early Christian Tradition
Seven essays document a session sponsored by the Christian Apocrypha Section at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Among the topics are mistaken identity in naming the Gnostic Mary, Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother in Pistis Sophia, the Gospel of Mary, Mary Magdalene in the Acts of Philip, and seeking the source of the Marian Myth. Primary sources and modern authors, but not subjects, are indexed. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Which Mary?: The Marys of Early Christian Tradition

Which Mary?: The Marys of Early Christian Tradition

by F Stanley Jones (Editor)
Which Mary?: The Marys of Early Christian Tradition

Which Mary?: The Marys of Early Christian Tradition

by F Stanley Jones (Editor)

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Seven essays document a session sponsored by the Christian Apocrypha Section at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. Among the topics are mistaken identity in naming the Gnostic Mary, Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother in Pistis Sophia, the Gospel of Mary, Mary Magdalene in the Acts of Philip, and seeking the source of the Marian Myth. Primary sources and modern authors, but not subjects, are indexed. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781589830431
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date: 01/01/2002
Series: Symposium Ser.
Pages: 152
Product dimensions: 6.08(w) x 9.48(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

Abbreviationsvii
Introduction1
A Case of Mistaken Identity? Naming the Gnostic Mary5
The Mother of Jesus or the Magdalene? The Identity of Mary in the So-Called Gnostic Christian Texts31
Setting the Record Straight--The Politics of Identification: Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother in Pistis Sophia43
Why All the Controversy? Mary in the Gospel of Mary53
Mary Magdalene in the Acts of Philip75
The Portrait of Mary in the Ascension of Isaiah91
Seeking the Source of the Marian Myth: Have We Found the Missing Link?107
Select Bibliography121
Index of Primary Sources131
Index of Modern Authors139
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