The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow

The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow

Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions; she has the power of prophecy. 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.

After seven years they return to a Judaea where many now believe John the Baptizer is the messiah. 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. 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.

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.

From the Hardcover edition.

Ki Longfellow is the author of the highly praised The Secret Magdalene. Under the name Pamela Longfellow she wrote China Blues and Chasing Women. Flow Down Like Silver, a novel of Hypatia of Alexandria is the second of a trilogy on the Divine Feminine. She is now working on the final book, The Woman Who Knew The All, the life of Mary Magdalene after the death of Jesus.

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ISBN 13	9780307346667
ISBN 10	0307346668
Titel	The Secret Magdalene
Autor	Ki Longfellow
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2007-03-27
Seitenanzahl	434
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