The Lost Gospel of Mary: The Mother of Jesus in Three Ancient Texts
Description
Meet Mary through the Earliest Gospel of Her Life. "The Gospel of Mary" is a humbly-told story of her life from conception to the birth of her son, Jesus Christ. This ancient text comes alive for the first time in a fresh version from Frederica Mathewes-Green. First put into written form as early as 150 A.D., "The Gospel of Mary" was at once cherished in the Christian East and rejected by the papacy because it did not depict Joseph as ever-virgin. This annotated version will introduce new readers to an important part of Christian history. "The Annunciation Hymn of R...
ISBN(s)
1557255369, 9781557255365