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by: Ann Graham Brock See Larger Image List Price: $25.00 Our Price: $22.50 You Save: $2.50 (10%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $10.27 Third Party New Price: $21.32 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 262.1109015 EAN: 9780674009660 ISBN: 0674009665 Label: Harvard Divinity School Manufacturer: Harvard Divinity School Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 270 Publication Date: March 30, 2003 Publisher: Harvard Divinity School Sales Rank: 89362 Studio: Harvard Divinity School Related Items: The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle The Crucifixion of Mary Magdalene: The Historical Tradition of the First Apostle and the Ancient Church's Campaign to Suppress It Resurrection Of Mary Magdalene: Legands, Apocrypha, And The Christian Testament The Gospels of Mary: The Secret Tradition of Mary Magdalene, the Companion of Jesus The Gnostic Gospels see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Why did some early Christians consider Mary Magdalene to be an apostle while others did not? Some Christian texts, underlining her role as one of the very first witnesses to the resurrection, portray Mary Magdalene as the 'apostle to the apostles,' while other sources exclude or replace her in their resurrection accounts. This book examines how the conferral, or withholding, of apostolic status operated as a tool of persuasion in the politics of early Christian literature. Drawing on both canonical and noncanonical literature in her comprehensive study, the author reveals some intriguing correlations between the prominence of Peter in a text and a corresponding diminishment of women's leadership and apostolicity. This historical study of early Christian tensions has serious implications for current denominational discourse because authority, apostolic status, and the ordination of women continue to be highly disputed topics within many Christian circles today. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - study of mary magdalene wonderfully written and organized! i would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in early Christian history and writings Rating: - Great book on the disagreements of the early church Brock argues that the Bible and other early Christian texts reveal an apparent struggle between two different communities in the early church, one centered around Peter and the other around Mary Magdalene. The Petrine group eventually won out, eventually becoming the male-dominated hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church. This victory was strong enough so that Magdalene references were minimized in much of the Bible, though found among many non-canonical texts, including obviously the Gospel of ... Read More Rating: - A thoughtful treatment of a complicated subject Magdalene.org review: Ann Graham Brock has masterfully and succinctly stated a problem that has been bothering me for a very long time. In several early Christian texts that feature Mary Magdalene, she faces opposition by Peter, leaving the reader with the impression that there was some rivalry between the two. The apparent conflict was vague and unsettling, and not being a Biblical scholar, I didn't know what to do with it. In "Mary Magdalene, The First Apostle," Brock cleanly lays ... Read More Rating: - Mary Magdalene Revisited...this time seriously This book, originally a doctoral dissertation, provides readers with what appears to be a very careful comparative analysis of the gospels and early Christian texts on the pivotal question of the apostolic status of Mary Magdalene. I hedge with the phrase "what appears to be" simply because my ability to judge a book with references to scholarship that includes Harnack, countless foreign languages, Greek and Egyptian sources is limited. But don't let the scholarship deter you; this is a very readable ... Read More Rating: - I Disagree Much, But Good Effort, Ann Ann is a life-long Lutheran steered toward feminist concerns as early as her application to a Lutheran (Missouri Synod) seminary. Frustrated at their refusal to admit or ordain her (they would rather ordain her 'newly-Lutheran husband'!), she and hubby subsequently tranferred to an egalitarian ELCA synod (p.16n.47). She re-examines the early Christian church in search of means to recitify her 20th-21st century problems. Although Ann is careful not to "make the sociological leap that pits a Petrine group ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Catholicism - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - Saints Church History - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - Early Church Church History - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General Church History - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General AAS Criticism & Interpretation - Reference - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - New Testament