"Little about Mary Magdalene surfaces in the Gospels. But recently discovered Gnostic scriptures hint that both her relationship with Jesus and her role among the disciples were profoundly important. Among several schools of Gnostic Christianity, Mary plays an essential role. For the first time in print, this book contains the Sophian Gospel of St. Mary Magdalene - a powerful holy woman, the closest disciple and wife of Jesus, and a Christed woman who is coequal with Jesus in the Christ revelation."