Lost Mary

A world-renowned historian of early Christianity and ancient Judaism lifts the veil on the life of Mary-revealing her revolutionary role as the matriarch of the Jesus movementMary, mother of Jesus, is the best known - and least known - woman in history. Revered and worshipped by millions, she remains a figment of the imagination, the ethereal subject of Raphaels and Botticellis, bathed in heavenly light, too virginal and too pure to move among us.But what about the real Mary?In The Lost Mary, renowned historian James D. Tabor lifts the veil on the life of Mary - and her revolutionary life as the matriarch of the Jesus movement.