Marvin W. Meyer

The Gospel of Judas: On a Night with Judas Iscariot presents a fresh translation of the Gospel of Judas, with introduction, commentary, and notes. Originally published with considerable international fanfare in 2006, the Gospel of Judas has prompted a vibrant discussion among scholars and other interested readers about the meaning of the text and the place of Judas Iscariot in the story of Jesus and the history of the church. Meyer, a member of the original research team assembled by the National Geographic Society to edit, translate, and publish the Gospel of Judas and the remaining texts in what is now called Codex Tchacos, here offers an up-to-date and thoroughly accessible translation of the Gospel of Judas, expanded with new fragments of the text and informed by the latest scholarship. He adds reminiscences of the work on the Coptic text when it first was coming to light in 2005 and 2006. This book also includes reflections on the extensive literature, beyond the Gospel of Judas,

This is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of fourth-century Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance.

En El Evangelio de Maria, Marvin Meyer, el experto mas destacado en Evangelios Gnosticos, nos presenta la traduccion -- por primera vez en espanol -- de los textos mas antiguos y confiables que arrojan luz sobre el misterio de Maria Magdalena. Estos textos revelan su importancia como bienamada discipula de Jesus, al igual que apostol y evangelista por derecho propio. Tambien revelan una vibrante tradicion oral en la cual Maria Magdalena no solo es una seguidora de Jesus, sino su companera y discipula mas cercana, una figura cuya relevancia para la cristiandad apenas hoy esta emergiendo de las sombras de la historia. Este libro incluye extractos de los Evangelios del Nuevo Testamento, al igual que de los Evangelios Gnosticos y de otros textos, entre ellos el Evangelio de Maria, el Evangelio de Tomas y el Evangelio de Felipe. Esther De Boer, una experta ampliamente respetada en Maria Magdalena y el Evangelio de Maria, ubica las traducciones de Meyer en el contexto actual de los ultimos estudios sobre el tema. Ella analiza el papel que desempena Maria en cada uno de los Evangelios en los cuales aparece, y la muestra como una mujer capaz y fuerte que representa una amenaza para la Iglesia primitiva, la cual estaba dominada por hombres.

Draws on the author's research on the Nag Hammadi and other texts to present new translations of every Gnostic Gospel, preceding each text with explanatory introductions while offering perspectives on Jesus's role as a teacher of wisdom who regularly defied the conventions of His lifetime. 30,000 first printing.

This thought-provoking collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. These remarkable Christian magical texts include curses, spells of protection from "headless powers" and evil spirits, spells invoking thunderous powers, descriptions of fire baptism, and even recipes from a magical "cookbook." Virtually all the texts are by Coptic Christians, and they date from about the 1st-12th centuries of the common era, with the majority from late antiquity. By placing these rarely seen texts in historical context and discussing their significance, the authors explore the place of healing, prayer, miracles, and magic in the early Christian experience, and expand our understanding of Christianity and Gnosticism as a vital folk religion.