What The DaVinci Code only hinted at, Longfellow brings to life. This radical retelling of the greatest story ever told brings Mary Magdalene to life-not as a prostitute or demon-possessed-but as an educated woman who was truly the “apostle to the apostles. In The Secret Magdalene Ki Longfellow portrays Jesus and Mary Magdalene of the Gnostic Gospel tradition-two great teachers whose friendship blossoms within the political turmoil of first century Palestine. Together they speak of sharing their direct experience of God but Yeshu’a unexpectedly gains a reputation as a healer, and as the ill and the troubled flock to him, he and Magdalene are forced to make a terrible decision.
Salome too begins to believe, but Mariamne, now called Magdalene, is drawn to his cousin, Yeshu’a, a man touched by the divine in the same way she was during her days of illness. It is her prophesying that drives the two girls to flee to Egypt, where they study philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy in the Great Library of Alexandria.Īfter seven years they return to a Judaea where many now believe John the Baptizer is the messiah. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions she has the power of prophecy. Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing. Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. The Secret Magdalene Ki Longfellow 4.16 avg rating (4,444 ratings by Goodreads) Softcover ISBN 10: 0975925539ISBN 13: 9780975925539 Publisher: Eio Books, 2005 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. The Secret Magdalene audiobook, by Ki Longfellow.
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