Karen Leigh King

Karen Leigh King (born 1954) is an American academic working in the field of early Christianity and Gnosticism. She had been Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School, from 1998 - 2008; in October 2009, she succeeded Harvey Cox to become the first woman appointed to the Hollis Chair, the oldest endowed chair in the United States (1721).[1] She was described by Newsweek as "an authority on women's roles in the early church."[2] From 1984 to 1997, she was professor of religious studies at Occidental College.

Her books include The Secret Revelation of John, The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle , What Is Gnosticism?, Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism (Studies in Antiquity & Christianity), and Revelation of the Unknowable God: With Text, Translation, and Notes to Nhc Xi, 3 Allogenes King co-authored Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity with Elaine Pagels, and is the co-editor of Women and Goddess Traditions: In Antiquity and Today (Studies in Antiquity and Christianity).

Works

References

  1. ^ "King, Madigan Receive New Faculty Posts at HDS". Harvard Divinity School. http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/article_archive/FacultyAppointments.html. Retrieved 23 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "Secrets behind The Da Vinci Code.".

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