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Article: First apostle: the search for Mary Magdalene.(Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle)(Book review)
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- The Christian Century
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- May 16, 2006
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Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle. By Ann Graham Brock. Harvard University Press, 235 pp., $25.00.
Mary Magdalene: A Biography. By Bruce Chilton. Doubleday, 206 pp., $23.95.
The Mary Magdalene Tradition. By Holly E. Hearon. Liturgical Press, 236 pp., $24.95.
The Gospel of Mary of Magdala. By Karen L. King. Polebridge Press, 230 pp., $20.00.
The Gospels of Mary. By Marvin Meyer HarperSanFrancisco, 122 pp., $17.95.
IN THE LATE second-century text called the Gospel of Mary, the apostle Peter asks regarding Mary Magdalene, "Should we all turn and listen to her?" To judge by the marketing blitz these days, many readers would say ...