This volume, the first in a major new series which will provide authoritative texts of key non-canonical gospel writings, comprises a critical edition, with full translations, of all the extant manuscripts of the Gospel of Mary. In addition, an extended Introduction discusses the key issues involved in the interpretation of the text, as well as locating it in its proper historical context, while a Commentary explicates points of detail. The gospel has been important in many recent discussions of non-canonical gospels, of early Christian Gnosticism, and of discussions of the figure of Mary Magdalene. The present volume will provide a valuable resource for all future discussions of this important early Christian text.
Author(s): Christopher Tuckett
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 256
Contents......Page 16
Abbreviations......Page 17
List of Plates......Page 19
PART I. INTRODUCTION......Page 20
1. Attestation, Manuscripts, Language, Date......Page 22
2. Characters in the Gospel of Mary......Page 32
3. Unity......Page 44
4. Genre......Page 50
5. How Gnostic is the Gospel of Mary?......Page 61
6. The Gospel of Mary and the New Testament......Page 74
PART II. TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS......Page 94
7. Introduction......Page 96
8. Manuscripts......Page 99
9. Papyrus Berolinensis (BG) 8502......Page 105
10. Oxyrhynchus Papyrus (POxy) 3525......Page 127
11. Rylands Papyrus (PRyl) 463......Page 131
12. Comparison of the Greek and Coptic Texts......Page 138
PART III. COMMENTARY......Page 154
Bibliography......Page 226
Index of Ancient Sources......Page 234
K......Page 243
T......Page 244
Z......Page 245
