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| The Gospel According to Mary: A New Testament for Women | 
 enlarge | Author: Miriam Therese Winter
Publisher: Orbis Books
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 1570758085
Dewey Decimal Number: 225
EAN: 9781570758089
ASIN: 1570758085
Publication Date: December 30, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Imaginary Gospel February 23, 2008
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This 1993 book claims that the Gospel of Mary "was written by a woman for women and for others who feel excluded...Its purpose is to lift the good news up to God and to ask Her to say it again..." The author describes the book as "a feminist critique and reconstruction."
Interestingly enough, rather than ascribing the gospel to Mary Magdalene, the author believes it was written by "the granddaughter of Mary the mother of John Mack, who led a house church in Jerusalem. Her name was also Mary...Among her sources were "Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary of Bethany, and Mary Magdalene."
After the introduction, the book quotes from a Gospel of Mary that is completely unfamiliar to this author. Apparently the author has channeled the granddaughter and proceeded to write her own gospel. While it is interesting, it certainly bears no resemblance to the Gospel of Mary.
 Close but misses the mark March 13, 1998
This attempt to re-present the gospels in a feminine friendly format is a noble effort. However, the author changes the meaning or simplifies the complexity that gives the Gospels their enduring power by simple means - for example saying something is "like" when part of the textual complexity of the gospel is the ambiguity between reading as a simile or as metaphor or as an actual equating. I also found the picture drawn of males to be more incomplete and more prejudice than the picture of females in the original gospels. I recognize others disagree with me, but I don't enjoy fighting prejudice with prejudice. I applaud the attempt to write a feminist version of the gospel and would not discourage others from reading The Gospel According to Mary I would encourage others to read it with a critical mindset.
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