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Mary Magdalene / Adriana Valerio ; translated from the Italian by Wendy Wheatley.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Europa compassPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2021Description: 141 pages ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1609457056
  • 9781609457051
Other title:
  • Mary Magdalene : women, the church, and the great deception [Cover title]
Uniform titles:
  • Maria Maddalena. English
Subject(s):
Incomplete contents:
Introduction : The beginnings of a misunderstanding : from redeemed prostitute to Jesus's mistress -- Who was the Magdalene? -- The "companion" of Jesus in Gnostic literature -- Plural Middle Ages -- Interpretations and doubts in the Modern Age -- The Magdalene outside and inside the present time -- Iconographic images and symbols -- The Magdalene beyond the Magdalene -- Further reading (Mostly in Italian).
Summary: "In this meticulously researched, highly engaging book, Adriana Valerio looks at history, art, and literature to show how centuries of misinterpretation and willful distortion--aimed at establishing and preserving gender hierarchies--have stripped this historical figure of her complexity and relevance. By revealing both the benign and the pernicious misrepresentations of Mary Magdalene, this thought-provoking essay reaffirms the central role played by women in the origins of Christianity and their essential contribution to one of the founding experiences of Western thought and society." --Provided by Publisher.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 226.092 V164 Available 33111010628788
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 226.092 V164 Available 33111010775019
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 226.092 V164 Available 33111009870052
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From one of Italy's most renowned historians of religion, an exciting new portrait of one of Christianity's most complex--and most misunderstood--figures: Mary Magdalene

Jesus' favorite and most devoted disciple? A prostitute shunned from her community? A symbol of female leadership and independence? Who really was Mary Magdalene, and how does her story fit within the history of Christianity, and that of female emancipation?

In this meticulously researched, highly engaging book, Adriana Valerio looks at history, art, and literature to show how centuries of misinterpretation and willful distortion--aimed at establishing and preserving gender hierarchies--have stripped this historical figure of her complexity and relevance.

By revealing both the benign and the pernicious misrepresentations of Mary Magdalene, this thought-provoking essay reaffirms the central role played by women in the origins of Christianity and their essential contribution to one of the founding experiences of Western thought and society.

Translated from the Italian: Maria Maddalena : equivoci, storie, rappresentazioni. Bologna : Il Mulino, 2020.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-141).

Introduction : The beginnings of a misunderstanding : from redeemed prostitute to Jesus's mistress -- Who was the Magdalene? -- The "companion" of Jesus in Gnostic literature -- Plural Middle Ages -- Interpretations and doubts in the Modern Age -- The Magdalene outside and inside the present time -- Iconographic images and symbols -- The Magdalene beyond the Magdalene -- Further reading (Mostly in Italian).

"In this meticulously researched, highly engaging book, Adriana Valerio looks at history, art, and literature to show how centuries of misinterpretation and willful distortion--aimed at establishing and preserving gender hierarchies--have stripped this historical figure of her complexity and relevance. By revealing both the benign and the pernicious misrepresentations of Mary Magdalene, this thought-provoking essay reaffirms the central role played by women in the origins of Christianity and their essential contribution to one of the founding experiences of Western thought and society." --Provided by Publisher.

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