{"product_id":"the-quest-for-mary-magdalene-9780062059765","title":"The Quest for Mary Magdalene","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Michael Haag, the international bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Templars: The History \u0026amp; the Myth \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Tragedy of the Templars\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a fascinating account of one of the most mysterious and controversial figures in religious history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Magdalene is a potent and enigmatic figure. In the gospels she finances Jesus' mission in Galilee and is the only person with Jesus at his crucifixion, burial and resurrection--the critical moments that define his purpose and give rise to a new religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet in the sixth century Mary Magdalene fell foul of a profound argument in which the established, ritualized and hierarchical Church required that God be worshipped through itself, whereas everything about Mary Magdalene suggests a more immediate and personal experience of the divine. Pope Gregory reduced Mary Magdalene from an independent visionary to a sinner and a prostitute while making Jesus' mother Mary, who is a nonentity in the gospels, into a creature of the Church, hailing her as the epitome of all things feminine and holy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Quest for Mary Magdalene\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Michael Haag presents Mary Magdalene as the woman at the center of Jesus's life, a visionary and a radically independent woman. He explores how she has been used and abused and reinterpreted in every age, and he examines what she reveals about men and women, Jesus and God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062059765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2016 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Haag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43271732035765,"sku":"9780062059765","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_79f79685-fe1a-41d6-8c2f-102df607d8a6.jpg?v=1699956377","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-quest-for-mary-magdalene-9780062059765","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}