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The Magdalene Gospel : meeting the women who followed Jesus / Mary Ellen Ashcroft.
Van Pelt Library PS3551.S367 M33 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashcroft, Mary Ellen, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mary Magdalene, Saint.
- Mary Magdalene, Saint--Fiction.
- Mary Magdalene.
- Bible. Gospels--History of Biblical events--Fiction.
- Bible.
- Bible. Gospels.
- History of Biblical events.
- Christian women saints--Fiction.
- Christian women saints.
- Women in the Bible--Fiction.
- Women in the Bible.
- Jesus Christ--Fiction.
- Jesus Christ.
- Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
- Christian fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 112 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Augsburg books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Augsburg, [2002]
- Summary:
- Mary Ellen Ashcroft paints a portrait of the Saturday after the crucifixion and before the resurrection of Jesus. Mary Magdalene and the other women followers of Jesus have gathered together to comfort one another in this time of unspeakable loss and sadness. As each woman shares her story, it becomes clear that her experience as a follower of Jesus has changed her life forever.
- Contents:
- 1. The Gathered Women and Lydia's Story 1
- 2. Rhoda and Mary, Mother of Jesus 17
- 3. Mary Magdalene 29
- 4. Trying to Understand 47
- 5. Martha and Mary, Mother of Jesus 57
- 6. Jesus' Teaching and Maria, Sister of Martha 71.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0806643587
- OCLC:
- 48376023
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