Mary Magdalen: Truth and Myth

by Susan Haskins

Book Overview

A dramatic, thought-provoking portrait of one of the most compelling figures in early Christianity which explores two thousand years of history, art, and literature to provide a close-up look at Mary Magdalen and her significance in religious and cultural thought.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845950046
• ISBN13: 9781845950040
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Good Book, wrong title, Later edition of Myth and Metaphor

Mary Magdalen: Myth and Metaphor (1993) is the best book on Mary Magdalene, and this is simply a later printing of the same book, with a new forward by the author. The title "Truth and Myth" is a mistake. The title page of the book is exactly the same as the earlier edition, and the cover says "The Essential History". The forward is not very long, but brings up some interesting things that have been written or sad about MM recently. Funny, she doesn't even mention Dan Brown and the DaVinci Code. The paper is not as good for illustrations as the 1993 edition.