<DIV>The controversy surrounding Dan Brown's novel &lt;EM&gt;The Da Vinci Code&lt;/EM&gt; has intensified interest in Mary Magdalene and Jane Schaberg provides an authoritative source for a deeper understanding and re-assessment of this popular figure. Within a progressive feminist framework, &lt;EM&gt;The Resurrection of Mary Magdalene&lt;/EM&gt; approaches Christian Testament sources through analysis of legend, archaeology, and gnostic/apocryphal traditions. This is the story of the suppression and distortion of a powerful woman leader - Schaberg presents Mary Magdalene as successor to Jesus in a challenging alternative to the Petrine primacy. &gt;</DIV>