Robin Griffith-Jones

Beloved Disciple

The Misunderstood Legacy of Mary Magdalene, the Woman Closest to Jesus

Talking Points

Robin Griffith-Jones can speak of the taboos, sexuality, and conspiracies of Mary Magdalene. Named Master of the Temple Church in London, he is a leading authority on the Anglican Church.

Description

Was Mary Magdalene married to Jesus? Was she a leader of the early churches, despite the opposition of the patriarchal Simon Peter? Mary Magdalene features in three scenes in the biblical gospels and a handful of Gnostic texts from the 2nd - 4th centuries; this has been enough to generate huge interest in her life and in the myths to which her life gave rise.

Robin Griffith-Jones puts those tantalising fragments of information back into their contexts: the vital stories in which Mary plays a part. So he shows us both Mary herself, the New Testament gospels and the Gnostic stories as we have never seen them before: