Thesis by Anna Cwikla
One of the Dialogue of the Saviour's most prominent features is the female character Mary who par... more One of the Dialogue of the Saviour's most prominent features is the female character Mary who participates with other disciples in a discussion with Jesus. Most texts in the Nag Hammadi codices including the Dialogue of the Saviour have been traditionally labeled as Gnostic. This study demonstrates the problems with the term, its influence on scholarship specifically on the so-called Gnostic Mary, and the ways in which it inevitably fails as a useful descriptive category, especially with respect to creating an artificial uniform character as the Gnostic Mary. This work then proceeds to consider a number of frequently overlooked issues including the unspecified identity of Mary in the Dialogue of the Saviour and the gender construction in the socio-historical context of the Dialogue of the Saviour.
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In the fourth and final installment of "Married Magdalene?", the scope of the discussion is expa... more In the fourth and final installment of "Married Magdalene?", the scope of the discussion is expanded beyond The Lost Gospel itself to consider the main underlying question: why do we care if Mary Magdalene and Jesus were married?
The third installment of "Married Magdalene?" looks at some of the most notable instances in The ... more The third installment of "Married Magdalene?" looks at some of the most notable instances in The Lost Gospel where the authors take liberties with historical data concerning early Christianity.
This second installment of "Married Magdalene?" focuses on the ways in which The Lost Gospel uses... more This second installment of "Married Magdalene?" focuses on the ways in which The Lost Gospel uses canonical and non-canonical sources to construct a portrait of Mary the Magdalene and how this portrait supposedly relates to Aseneth.
This four-part blog series explores the arguments and sources used in the "The Lost Gospel: Decod... more This four-part blog series explores the arguments and sources used in the "The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text That Reveals Jesus' Marriage to Mary the Magdalene" by Simcha Jacobovici and Barrie WIlson.
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Thesis by Anna Cwikla
Talks by Anna Cwikla
Blog Posts by Anna Cwikla