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The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene
Michéle Roberts
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Description for The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene
Paperback. In the parched soil of Provence, a fifth gospel has been discovered, Mary Magdalene's account of Jesus' teaching and her relationship with him. This book unveils a Christianity which embraces the female equally with the male and acknowledges and celebrates women's spirituality. It is also a story centred on Mary as the wellspring of womanhood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 138.
In the parched soil of Provence, a fifth gospel has been discovered, Mary Magdalene's account of Jesus' teaching and her relationship with him.
It is a book of revelation, for it unveils a new Christianity, one which embraces the female equally with the male and acknowledges and celebrates women's spirituality. A passionate story of love and search, of separation and rebirth, The Secret Gospel imagines an alternative history for the much maligned Mary Magdalene, where she runs away from her family but returns to be captivated, both emotionally and theologically, by Jesus.
The Secret Gospel of ... Read more is a brilliant and moving vision of Christianity that is also startlingly modern in its conclusions.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
144g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099507697
SKU
V9780099507697
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Ref
99-1
About Michéle Roberts
Novelist and poet Michèle Roberts was educated at a convent school before studying at Somerville College, Oxford, and University College, London. She was Visiting Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 1992, where she is currently Professor of Creative Writing, and Research Fellow in Writing (1995-6) at Nottingham Trent University (now Visiting Professor). She is Chair ... Read more
Reviews for The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene
Bold and moving
Guardian
An assured tour de force of passion...the power with which it reclaims spiritual and sexual strength for women cannot be ignored
Time Out
By her rich use of symbols and metaphor she transforms feminist cliché into something alive and moving
Times Literary Supplement
A complex and highly original novel
... Read more
Guardian
An assured tour de force of passion...the power with which it reclaims spiritual and sexual strength for women cannot be ignored
Time Out
By her rich use of symbols and metaphor she transforms feminist cliché into something alive and moving
Times Literary Supplement
A complex and highly original novel
... Read more