Mary Magdalene: Truth, Legends and Lies
by Amy Welborn
Women's Christian LivingAdded on January 13, 2026
Description
Are you interested in an objective examination of the life and lore of Mary Magdalene, a narrative that isn't agenda-driven or saturated with ideology?
Do you just want to learn more about Mary Magdalene's identity and role in Christian spirituality, literature and art?
There's a great deal of material out there on Mary Magdalene, it's true. Some of the scholarly material is really fine, but too many of the books for popular audiences are informed by one ideology or another, or fall completely into fantasy.
MARY MAGDALENE: TRUTH, LEGENDS AND LIES focuses on the facts: what we know about Mary Magdalene from the Gospels, and then how Christian tradition in both East and West continued to meditate on the figure of Mary Magdalene, seeing in her the model disciple - and weaving all kinds of fascinating legends around her as well.
So - come meet Mary Magdalene - as she comes to us in the Gospels, as Christians imagined her through the ages as they contemplated her fidelity and discipleship, and how some contemporary interpreters get her so completely wrong.
(This book is an Amazon Kindle-only version of De-Coding Mary Magdalene," originally published in 2006.)
Reader Reviews
Książka ta wzbudziła we mnie wielkie nadzieje, opinie o niej były bardzo dobre, ale zawiodłam się bardzo. Pozycja ta jest płytka, nie wnosi nic nowego, powiela to, co się powszechnie wie na temat Marii Magdaleny. Wszystkie informacje są powierzchowne, jakby to była broszurka, szybkie odpowiedzenie katoliczki na atak na kościół. Autorka krytykuje słabe pozycje książkowe takich autorów jak: Dan Brown (słaba pod względem merytorycznym, nie literackim), czy Margaret Starbird, a nie wspomina o książk
I really enjoyed this book and found it very thorough, encouraging further reading and referencing many other books on the subject.
A good book on Mary Magdalene, one of the few women NAMED in the Gospels even though there were just as many women as men in the followers of Jesus. This study focuses on the what we know about Mary Magdalene from the Gospels, and then how Christian tradition in both East and West continued to meditate on the figure of Mary Magdalene, seeing in her the model disciple - and weaving all kinds of fascinating legends around her as well.
