{"product_id":"the-lost-teachings-of-mary-magdalene-9798233320316","title":"The Lost Teachings of Mary Magdalene","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tia Gibbs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Shadow House Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Shadow House Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Gnosticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe was the first to witness the resurrection. She was the first to carry the message. And for fifteen hundred years, the Church called her a prostitute.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Magdalene is one of the most recognisable figures in Christian history - and one of the most deliberately distorted. What the earliest gospel texts actually record is a woman of means, a faithful disciple, a healer's devoted follower who stood at the cross when the male disciples had fled, and the singular first witness to the event that became the foundation of the Christian faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSo why was she buried?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book goes back to the earliest surviving evidence to recover the real Mary Magdalene - the woman the texts actually show, before centuries of institutional decision-making replaced her with something more convenient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the evidence reveals: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe canonical gospels name her first among all disciples at the crucifixion, the burial, and the empty tomb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe was sent by the risen Jesus himself to carry the foundational proclamation - before Peter, before the Twelve, before anyone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lost Gospel of Mary portrays her as a visionary teacher whose authority Peter actively feared\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Pistis Sophia she asks more questions and receives more answers than any male disciple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePope Gregory the Great's 591 sermon - not scripture - created the prostitute myth that dominated Western Christianity for fourteen centuries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Eastern Church never accepted the conflation and has always honoured her as apostle to the apostles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe buried questions this book addresses: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho were the women who funded and travelled with the Jesus movement, and what standing did that give them?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat do the Nag Hammadi texts actually say about Mary Magdalene - and what do they not say?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow did the formation of the biblical canon erase alternatives that placed women at the centre of spiritual authority?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat was the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene - and what can honestly be said about it?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy does her story still sit at the heart of the most unresolved arguments in Christian history?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe burial of her authority was not an accident. It was a consequence of decisions made about power, gender, and who gets to speak for God.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer name was preserved. Her witness was recorded. And then, systematically, her meaning was changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the recovery of what was lost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shadow House Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47812893507735,"sku":"9798233320316","price":1294.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233320316.webp?v=1778332018","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-lost-teachings-of-mary-magdalene-9798233320316","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}