Even before the publication of 'The Da Vinci Code', Mary Magdalene has always been the subject of both popular and scholarly attention. In her search for a true historical Mary Magdalene, Esther de Boer has collected together all the texts about Mary Magdalene from the first century, when she was living, to the sixth century when her image as a penitent sinner was invented. All the texts are accompanied by an informed and enlightened commentary from the author placing these works in their historical context.
