Mary Magdalene: A Biography (2005 Chilton), book

Mary Magdalene: A Biography (2005) is a book by Bruce Chilton.

Abstract

"Explores Mary Magdalene's key role in the ministry of Jesus and the development of early Christianity, tracing the changing images of Mary and the legends surrounding her and exploring why the Church sought to marginalize her significance--Book cover"

Editions and translations

Published in New York, NY: Doubleday, 2005.

Table of contents

Marguerite -- Possessed -- The Magdalene -- Secret exorcism -- Mary's signature -- Nameless anointer -- "Thy name is as oil poured forth" -- Transfiguration at the tomb -- Ecstatic vision -- The scar -- Expurgating the Magdalene -- Orthodox ambivalence and the gnostic quest -- The breakout -- The goddess and the vixen -- Relics of the Magdalene.