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Apr 2023
21m 50s

The Gospel of Mary - A Lost Gnostic Text...

FILIP HOLM
About this episode

We celebrate Easter by looking at one of the most interesting non-canonical texts from the early development of Christianity.



Sources/Suggested Reading:

  • Asgeirsson, Jon (2005). "Thomasine Traditions in Antiquity The Social and Cultural World of the Gospel of Thomas". Brill.
  • Brakke, David (2012). "Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity". Harvard University Press.
  • Brock, Ann Graham (2003). Mary Magdalene, The First Apostle: The Struggle for Authority". Harvard Divinity School.
  • de Boer, Esther A. (2005). "The Gospel of Mary: Listening to the Beloved Disciple". Continuum.
  • King, Karen L. (2003). "What is Gnosticism?". Harvard University Press.
  • King, Karen L. (2003). "The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the first woman apostle". Polebridge Press.
  • Tuckett, Christopher (2019). "The Gospel of Mary". Oxford University Press.
  • Van den Broek, Roelof (2013). "Gnostic Religion in Antiquity". Cambridge University Press.
  • Meyer, Marvin (ed.) (2009). "The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume ". HarperOne.


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