- There is now a flourishing trade in books by feminists about Mary, e.g., Mary, Called Magdalene, by Margaret George (Viking, 2002).
- Spong , John Shelby , ed. 1997 . Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes , 280 – 292 . New York : HarperCollins . Some good background material that I incorporated can be found in
- Barthel , Manfred and Howson , Mark , eds. 1992 . What the Bible Really Says , NJ : Wings Books .
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