... prepared us so that we might become fully human."6 This notion of "becoming fully human" is critical to understanding Mary Magdalene and will be discussed at greater length shortly. Secondly, her relationship to Jesus is patently distinct from all of Jesus' other relationships in that it includes an erotic dimension.7 In the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Peter says ... ...

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