{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaag, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHistorian and writer Michael Haag has written widely on the Egyptian, Classical, and Medieval worlds. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Templars: The History \u0026amp; the Myth\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAlexandria: City of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e, a definitive study of Cavafy, Forster, and LawrenceDurrell in the city, as well as travel guides to Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt. He livesin London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317931217170,"sku":"9780062059765","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_27eeacde-1615-4cad-873a-cad93f75b17a.jpg?v=1727543084","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-quest-for-mary-magdalene-9780062059765","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}