THE LOST GOSPEL OF MARY
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Subtitle: The Mother of Jesus In Three Ancient Texts
Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green. 159 pg. HB.
Some Christians have piled Mary's status so high that it rivals that of her Son. Others ignore her entirely. Behind all of the images is a girl who grew up to be the mother of Christ. How did the first Christians view Mary? What were the commonly understood facts about Mary's early life - before the Annunciation? Frederica Mathewes-Green opens up Mary's early life, offering a window into her centrality to Christian faith in new and sometimes startling ways.
“The Mary that Frederica Mathewes-Green gives us in these winsome texts – a palpably real woman, at once humble and exalted - transcends the differences that persist even today among the main streams of the Christian tradition, not least because this Mary points beyond herself to the ultimate source of our hope and our joy." - John Wilson, editor, Books & Culture
Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green. 159 pg. HB.
Some Christians have piled Mary's status so high that it rivals that of her Son. Others ignore her entirely. Behind all of the images is a girl who grew up to be the mother of Christ. How did the first Christians view Mary? What were the commonly understood facts about Mary's early life - before the Annunciation? Frederica Mathewes-Green opens up Mary's early life, offering a window into her centrality to Christian faith in new and sometimes startling ways.
“The Mary that Frederica Mathewes-Green gives us in these winsome texts – a palpably real woman, at once humble and exalted - transcends the differences that persist even today among the main streams of the Christian tradition, not least because this Mary points beyond herself to the ultimate source of our hope and our joy." - John Wilson, editor, Books & Culture