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Mary Magdalene Understood.


Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (măg`dələn; formerly, and still in Magdalen College, Oxford, and Magdalene College, Cambridge, môd`lən, hence maudlin, i.e.  Understood Jane 5chaberg with Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre (Continuum, 2006, 176pp)

This rewriting re·write  
v. re·wrote , re·writ·ten , re·writ·ing, re·writes

v.tr.
1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise.

2.
 of The Resurrection resurrection (rĕz'ərĕk`shən) [Lat.,=rising again], arising again from death to life. The emergence of Jesus from the tomb to live on earth again for 40 days as told in the Gospels has been from the beginning the central fact of  of Mary Magdalene is meant to uncover the long history of myths and mysteries that have been spun into the collective memory of one of the most contentious figures in the Bible through an examination of both ancient texts and representations of Mary Magdalene through time.
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Date:Mar 22, 2007
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