Chester Brown Goes Biblical in "Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus"

[CBR News]

The acclaimed cartoonist's latest book examines the genealogy of Mary and expresses Jesus' support of prostitution.


Full article here.

[HellHere]

expresses Jesus' support of prostitution.

Of course he does.

Detailed research into the roots and earliest known translations of the stories fuels Brown's unique reading of these tales -- that Jesus Christ accepted prostitution as a legitimate profession

You don't really need to dig that deep into Jesus being down with prostitutes. It's right there in the translations we have now.

I'm very interested in the non-canonical gospels and it sounds like he might have drawn from them, so it'll be interesting to read this and see what he does with them.

[krylox]

pre-ordered it and can't wait to read it. chester brown is one of the all-time-greats!!