Sacred Partnership: Jesus and Mary Magdalene

What might the story of Jesus and Mary Magdalene look like if they are given the places in the gospel story they occupy in such recently discovered texts as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and the Gospel of Philip?

Sacred Partnership by John Beverley Butcher shows readers why the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene was so powerful. Reading like a modern-day gospel, Sacred Partnership is written in the present tense, narrating a powerful story of ancient wisdom, holy mystery, and sacred partnership, with disarmingly contemporary overtones.

How might the life and teachings of Jesus and Mary Magdalene enable you to live more fully? Find out in Sacred Partnership.

Readings and chapters include:

• When Do Jesus and Mary Meet?
• Jesus Goes on a Vision Quest
• Jesus and Mary Attend a Merchant’s Luncheon
• Were Jesus and Mary Magdalene Married?
• Mary Anoints and Empowers Jesus
• The Last Supper
• Jesus and Mary in the Olive Grove
• Mary’s Vision of the Bread of Life

“John Butcher is well prepared to formulate this dramatic retelling of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and Mary Magdalene in Sacred Partnership.” —Marvin Meyer, Griset Professor of Religious Studies, Chapman University; Editor, The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, HarperOne, 2007.