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The Gospel of Mary is an early Christian text discovered in 1896 in a fifth-century papyrus codex written in Sahidic Coptic. This Berlin Codex was purchased in Cairo by German diplomat Carl Reinhardt .
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The Gospel of Mary by Mark M. Mattison. The following translation has been committed to the public domain and may be freely copied and used, changed or unchanged, for any purpose. It is based on the Coptic text of Papyrus Berolinensis 8502, 1. For information about the surviving manuscripts of the Gospel of Mary, see the Manuscript Information page
Unfortunately the surviving manuscript of the Gospel of Mary is missing pages 1 to 6 and pages 11 to 14 – pages that included sections of the text up to chapter 4, and portions of chapter 5 to 8. The extant text of the Gospel of Mary, as found in the Berlin Gnostic Codex, is presented below. The manuscript text begins on page 7, in the middle ...
The Gospel of Mary. In this gnostic gospel, Mary Magdalene appears as a disciple, singled out by Jesus for special teachings. In this excerpt, the other disciples are discouraged and grieving ...
The Gospel of Mary is an ancient Christian text rediscovered by scholars at the turn of the nineteenth century (c. 1896). Reconstructed from fragments of several different ancient papyrus, this text presents a non-canonical version of Mary Magdalene's unique relationship with Jesus. It suggests that Mary had a much more powerful role in the ...
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Jan 4, 2022 · The Gospel of Mary Magdalene would better be titled “the Gospel of Mary,” due to the fact that the Mary the gospel mentions is nowhere specified as Mary Magdalene. In the New Testament, there are six women named Mary, with three of them being prominent in the life of Jesus: Mary, Jesus’ mother; Mary Magdalene; and Mary of Bethany.
