the COMPANION: Mary Magdalene, Marriage, and Question Sources Never Answer

The most quoted line about Jesus and Mary Magdalene has a hole in it.The Gospel of Philip says he 'used to kiss her often on her -' and then the papyrus is damaged. That is the strongest single piece of evidence for a marriage, and it is a guess in a gap.But something was genuinely taken from Mary Magdalene, and it was not a husband.- What the gospels actually say - she is named more often than most of the twelve, identified by her town rather than any male relative, funded the movement from her own resources, stayed at the cross when the men had gone, and was at the empty tomb in all four accountsThis book asks if Jesus was married, states plainly that 'probably' is the correct word, and gives the serious argument for marriage a full chapter rather than a dismissal.It also argues that the recovery of Mary Magdalene needs none of it. What the sources actually say about her is a larger claim than marriage, better attested than marriage, and was obscured for fourteen hundred years by a single sermon. What was taken from her was not a husband.15 chapters. Six parts. What was actually taken.