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Mary Magdalene
The Woman Whom Jesus Loved
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Artikel-Nr:
9781853118180
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.07.2014
Seiten:
304
Autor:
Robin Griffith-Jones
Gewicht:
465 g
Format:
234x156x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Robin Griffith-Jones is the author of The Da Vinci Code and the Secrets of the Temple. He is Master of the Temple Church in London and previously taught Biblical Studies and was a University Chaplain at Oxford.
The figure of Mary Magdalen has fascinated and perplexed people for centuries. She is portrayed in the Gospels as a neurotic woman, possibly with a past, yet she is the first to encounter the risen Christ and he charges her with the responsibility of proclaiming the resurrection. She is therefore Christianity's first evangelist - a difficult concept for churches with exclusively male hierarchies who prefer to think of her as just a reformed prostitute. The belief that Mary Magdalen was married to Jesus and that the Church has tried to suppress this truth was not invented in recent years but is almost as old as Christianity itself. This gives a grand tour through 2000 years history, art and tradition with surprises and discoveries all the way.