Tuckett, Christopher – The Gospel of Mary

Description

A critical edition of all the extant manuscripts of the Gospel of Mary, together with full translations, an extended Introduction, and a detailed Commentary. 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.

CONTENTS

I. Introduction
1 Attestation, Manuscripts, Language, Date
2 Characters in the Gospel of Mary
3 Unity
4 Genre
5 How Gnostic is the Gospel of Mary?
6 The Gospel of Mary and the New Testament
II. Texts and Translations
1 Introduction
2 Manuscripts
3 Papyrus Berolinensis (BG) 8502
4 Oxyrhynchus Papyrus (POxy) 3525
5 Rylands Papyrus (PRyl) 463
6 Comparison of the Greek and Coptic Texts
III. Commentary