‘Unknown History of Mary Magdalene’ by Óscar Fábrega, the best book about a central figure of Christianity.

Oscar Fabrega He is a historian specialized in the history of religions and some of his books occupy part of my bookshelf. I like it because he is an author who, although he throws a gauntlet at you with some very juicy Dan Brown-style mysteries (who is mentioned a lot in this book, I don’t know if for better or worse), when you are already fully immersed in the film, gives you some uncomfortable counter-hypotheses to make you rethink what you are reading. That’s how it is Unknown history of Mary Magdalenethe latest work he has published with Almuzara. A work that aims to reflect on certain questions that history has asked about this character.

The themes that are touched on around this central figure of Christianity (and I do not intend to exaggerate, but this woman is a complete mystery and on the occasions she appears, quality versus quantity is evident) are many. Start with Mary Magdalene in the gospelsexamines questions about your nametalks about the gnostic sidesearch in your own artistic iconography and touches on somewhat rosier matters like the relationship he had with Jesus of Nazareth himself and whether or not there were descendants with him. For me all very interesting topics.

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For gullible minds like mine that swallow everything they read, Unknown history of Mary Magdalene It gives me a lot of security because Óscar Fábrega provides documentation, arguments against and for, references and moves away from a mere fan opinion on the subject. This does not mean that it is an unfathomable treatise, but quite the opposite, the way in which it offers you and takes it away from you, that point in which you believe it and then rethink it, gives rise to an entertaining game in which you learn, discover , you reflect and have a lot of fun. Seen this way, even if you are not at all interested in Magdalena, you will end up hooked on this detective game proposal that Fábrega makes.

It also seems like a daring book to me. Titles like Jesus and sexlike this at point-blank range, they invite you to read. It is clear that the author knows what he is talking about, that he does it without mincing words, that he does not try to evangelize you in anything and, ultimately, that he is one of the best books I have read about Mary Magdalene and other Christian topics.

Unknown history of Mary Magdalene of Oscar Fabrega It is a pleasant book with which you can sleep peacefully at night because nothing that you don’t want is going to mess with you. Everything is well documented, it addresses many questions that you will have come across on more than one occasion, it does not take sides, it is not a religious or anti-religious book and it tells you about The Da Vinci Code. What more could you ask for?