THE RESURRECTION CODE
Mary Magdalene and the Easter Enigma
By Mark Stibbe . Authentic Media. 154 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978-1-86024-491-9
Mark Stibbe’s latest book focuses on John’s resurrection account and offers an accessible, close reading of the passage which, he says, cracks some of the ‘codes’ embedded in the fourth gospel.
A number of issues are addressed, including the identity of the ‘beloved disciple’; the curiously detailed description of the arrangement of Jesus’s grave clothes; the significance of the two angels in the empty tomb; and the reason why Jesus tells Mary not to touch (or cling to) him.
