The Gospel According to Mary: A New Testament for Women

Rating:
Summary: Close but misses the mark
Review: This attempt to re-present the gospels in a feminine friendly format is a noble effort. However, the author changes the meaning or simplifies the complexity that gives the Gospels their enduring power by simple means - for example saying something is "like" when part of the textual complexity of the gospel is the ambiguity between reading as a simile or as metaphor or as an actual equating. I also found the picture drawn of males to be more incomplete and more prejudice than the picture of females in the original gospels. I recognize others disagree with me, but I don't enjoy fighting prejudice with prejudice. I applaud the attempt to write a feminist version of the gospel and would not discourage others from reading The Gospel According to Mary I would encourage others to read it with a critical mindset.