The Alabaster Jar

Seeing the Gospel through the eyes of Mary Magdalen

by Theresia Saers

first published in Dutch as Een albasten kruik by Theresia Saers. Tilburg, Syntax; published on www.womenpriests.org with permission of the author and publisher.

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Chapters

  1. In Remembrance of her
  2. Mary of Bethany, an Alert Listener
  3. A Conflict with the Pharisees
  4. New Beginnings
  5. Alas, to Be a Woman
  6. Bethany of the Privileges
  7. A Woman Disciple
  8. Mary, surnamed the Magdalene
  9. A Dangerous Rabbi
  10. A New Outlook
  11. A New Kingdom
  12. Bewilderment
  13. ´Say, Our Father.´
  14. You are the light of the world
  15. The Alabaster Jar
  16. A Closer look at the Four Narratives
  17. The Last Supper
  18. Agony
  19. The High Priests
  20. More Torture
  21. Death
  22. Resurrection