{"product_id":"the-lost-mary-rediscovering-the-mother-of-jesus-9781101947845","title":"The Lost Mary: Rediscovering the Mother of Jesus","description":"\u003cb\u003eA world-renowned historian of early Christianity and ancient Judaism lifts the veil on the life of Mary--revealing her revolutionary role as the matriarch of the Jesus movement \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tabor restores her voice, her faith, her motherhood, and, most of all, her humanity, in this groundbreaking portrait that challenges everything we thought we knew about the origins of Christianity.\" --Reza Aslan, author of \u003ci\u003eZealot\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary, mother of Jesus, is the best known--and least known--woman in history. Revered and worshipped by millions, she remains a figment of the imagination, the ethereal subject of Raphaels and Botticellis, bathed in heavenly light, too virginal and pure to move among us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what about the real Mary? The young Jewish woman and single mother of eight--five boys and three girls. The defiant citizen of Roman-occupied Galilee who survived through one of the most dangerous periods of Jewish history--an ancient \"game of thrones\" that claimed the lives of three of her sons: Jesus and Simon by crucifixion, James by stoning. The historical Mary whose teachings and courageous example may in fact make her the \"first founder\" of what we now call Christianity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Mary has not only been lost to us--she has been systematically erased over the past two millennia by a theological, cultural, and political program intent on removing her from the human realm and marginalizing her womanhood, motherhood, and Jewishness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Mary, \u003c\/i\u003e James D. Tabor corrects the record, laying out the results of his intensive textual and archaeological sleuthing over the past three decades, including new evidence regarding Mary's genealogy (which may be hiding in plain sight in the New Testament!). Tabor's quest for the historical Mary offers a transformative perspective on Jesus and his early followers, and recovers the nature and essence of earliest Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101947845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"James D. Tabor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51474306891957,"sku":"9781101947845","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5529d3d1-bed8-423c-8370-70b4ad2519ad.jpg?v=1754405667","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lost-mary-rediscovering-the-mother-of-jesus-9781101947845","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}