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Mary Magdalene

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781841198446

Price: £10.99

ON SALE: 20th November 2003

Genre: Humanities / Religion & Beliefs / Christianity / Christian Theology

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Are the roots of Christianity partly based on spin and propaganda? Acting as a historical detective, the author strips away the layers of deception and propaganda that surround the Christian story in a quest to find the real Mary Magdalene, asking these questions: was she a reformed prostitute who spent the rest of her life in penitence, as the Church has claimed? Was she merely one of the women who followed Jesus, at a respectful distance, and of no real account compared to the male disciples? Was she even a Jewish woman from the shore of lake Galilee? Using both scholastic and heretical sources – and a very heavy dose of common sense – the author discovers that virtually everything that the Church has ever led us to believe about Magdalene is not only wrong, but part of a deliberate conspiracy to cover up some uncomfortable facts. From the scriptures – both biblical and non-canonical, besides other historical traditions such as the secret inner circle of the Knights Templar – a very different Magdalene emerges: not only was she Jesus’ sexual companion, but also the “Apostle of the Apostles”, and his true successor. And far from being Galilean, she was probably a black woman from Ethiopia, who bore Jesus’ mixed race child. Yet the story does not stop there: was Jesus really a Son of God or even the epitome of goodness – or, as the evidence strongly suggests – did he have a dark side that proved fatal to John the Baptist?

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A thought provoking book that considers many issues.
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