Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-130) and indexes.
Table of Contents
A case of mistaken identity? : naming the gnostic Mary / Stephen J. Shoemaker -- The Mother of Jesus or Magdalene? : the identity of Mary in the so-called gnostic Christian texts / Antti Marjanen -- Setting the record straight--the politics of identification : Mary Magdalene and Mary the Mother in Pistis Sophia / Ann Graham Brock -- Why all the controversy? : Mary in the Gospel of Mary / Karen L. King -- Mary Magdalene in the acts of Philip / Francois Bovon -- The portrait of Mary in the ascension of Isaiah / Jonathan Knight -- Seeking the source of the Marian myth : have we found the missing link? / George T. Zervos.