The Secret Magdalene: A Novel (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Friday, July 31 2009.

• Raised like sisters, Mariamne and Salome are indulged with riches, position, and learning-a rare thing for females in Jerusalem. But Mariamne has a further gift: an illness has left her with visions; she has the power of prophecy. It is her prophesying that drives the two girls to flee to Egypt, where they study philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy in the Great Library of Alexandria. After seven years they return to a Judaea where many now believe John the Baptizer is the messiah. Salome too begins to believe, but Mariamne, now called Magdalene, is drawn to his cousin, Yeshu’a, a man touched by the divine in the same way she was during her days of illness. Together they speak of sharing their direct experience of God; but Yeshu’a unexpectedly gains a reputation as a healer, and as the ill and the troubled flock to him, he and Magdalene are forced to make a terrible decision. This radical retelling of the greatest story ever told brings Mary Magdalene to life-not as a prostitute or demon-possessed-but as an educated woman who was truly the “apostle to the apostles.”

Marlee C edited the table of contents of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Wednesday, July 29 2009.

• This book is broken up into scrolls. Named in the Random House edition, unnamed in the Eio Books Edition.

Marlee C edited the summary of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Saturday, July 25 2009.

• There is a full plot summary on wikipedia - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Magdalene_(book)

Marlee C edited the table of contents of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Saturday, July 25 2009.

• This book is broken up into scrolls. Named in the Random House edition, unnamed in the Edition.

Marlee C edited the characters of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Saturday, July 25 2009.

• Edited the description of Mariamne Magdal-eder: Mary Magdalene's probable name. Daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant, taught by Philo of Alexandria, and as John the Less, the Beloved Disciple of Yeshu'a of Galilee.
• Added the description of Yeshu'a: Now known as Jesus Christ. Galilean and zealot, cousin of John of the River or John the Baptizer.
• marked the description of Yeshu'a as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Salome aka Semne: The Egyptian ward of Mariamne's father Joseph and her childhood friend. Called Simon Magus by her Alexandrian teacher, Philo.
• marked the description of Salome aka Semne as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Jude: Now known as Judas Isacriot. Twin brother of Yeshu'a of Galilee.
• marked the description of Jude as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Seth of Damascus: Lifelong friend and mentor of Mariamne Magdal-eder.
• marked the description of Seth of Damascus as not a spoiler

Marlee C edited the characters of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Saturday, July 25 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Mariamne Magdal-eder: Mary Magdalene's probable name. Daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant, taught by Philo of Alexandria, the Beloved Disciple of Yeshu'a of Galilee.
• marked the description of Mariamne Magdal-eder as not a spoiler

Marlee C edited the quotations of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Friday, July 24 2009.

• Added a quotation: “"God is not a being outside the Self, nor has it gender, nor is it burdened with a desire to find fault, or to test, or a need to command obedience. God is Consciousness---which is All There Is. And we are how it knows itself in all its infinite variety. God is an endless timeless dance of joyous creation.”Mary Magdalene

Marlee C edited the first sentence of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Friday, July 24 2009.

• It comes, at last, to this—Ithis--—I am changed from water to wine.

Marlee C edited the first sentence of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Friday, July 24 2009.

• It comes, at last, to this-Ithis—I am changed from water to wine.

Marlee C edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of The Secret Magdalene: A Novel Friday, July 24 2009.

• Added: Learned MM is the Beloved Disciple of the zealot Jesus of Galilee. Together they fulfill his self-chosen destiny.