According to Mary Magdalene

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 | name           = According to Mary Magdalene
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 | author         = Marianne Fredriksson
 | country        = Sweden
 | language       = Swedish
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 | genre          = Alternate history
 | publisher      = Hampton Roads Publishing Company
 | release_date   = March 1999
 | media_type     = Print (Hardcover & Paperback) 
 | pages          = 320 pages (hardcover edition) & 256 pages (paperback edition)
 | isbn           = ISBN 1571741208 (hardcover edition) & ISBN 1571743618 (paperback edition)
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}} According to Mary Magdalene is a 1999 novel by the Swedish novelist Marianne Fredriksson. It attempts to portray the life of the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene as told by herself. The author claims to have based the book on Gnostic manuscripts, such as the Gospel of Mary, that were discovered in recent times. The English version was published 2003.

Plot introduction

The story offers a feminist perspective on the person of Christ and on the beginnings of the Christian Church. Since it presents Jesus as merely a human being and deviates from the orthodox biblical portrayal of the Son of Man, the novel was severely criticised by conservative Christians.

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