Having a lovely time at my first MythCon — and perhaps next year I can attend physically instead of virtually! Tomorrow I’m making a zoom presentation titled “Today’s Christianity: Are We in the Mirror Universe? A Comparison of the Gospel of Mary and Petrine Christianity via the Heroine’s Journey.”
Also, I’ve promised to post other stuff on my blog as well, like some classes I’ll be giving soon — yay! But for now, I’ve got some of the presentation’s references listed just below. Apologies, but it may take me a few days to remember if I’ve forgotten anything. Still, for now: enjoy! :)
Works Cited for the MythCon presentation
If you have any books on these subjects that you think are particularly good, please share? I love learning new things too. :)
The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle by Karen L. King —Â This is the translation I predominantly used. Added bennie: there are photos of the actual papyrus! Very cool.
The Gospels of Mary: The Secret Tradition of Mary Magdalene, the Companion of Jesus by Marvin W. Meyer and Esther A. De Boer —Â I used this as a sort of back-up and clarification to anything in King’s book that left me bemused. It offers a more spiritual perspective too, which is nice.
Jane Eyre’s Sisters: How Women Live and Write the Heroine’s Story and “We Don’t Need Another Hero” by Jody Gentian Bower — If the Heroine’s Journey interests you at all, I strongly recommend Bower’s works! She didn’t just make up a female version of Campbell’s work. Instead she analyzed how women themselves, throughout history, wrote about heroic women — and then she developed her theory from that. Fascinating.
For bible-related research I strongly recommend Dan McClellan’s youtube channel — he’s sharp as a tack, is a bible scholar who is actually conversant with the original languages, and explains clearly for a lay audience. Alternately, he and atheist Daniel Beecher also have an excellent podcast: Data Over Dogma.
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That’s all I’ve got off the top of my head for now, but if I remember more I’ll certainly add them. Thanks!