Abstract
A Coptic translation of the Gospel of Mary (Magdalene) was discovered in 1896 in Cairo. This Gospel is not quoted by the church fathers, and it apparently went missing in the fifth century AD. Its existence seems to have been restricted to Egypt, which gives it an African flavour. Here, in this essay, the Gospel is not read as a gnostic text, but as one conveying an indigenous form of stoic wisdom. Ultimately it is asked whether the wisdoms embodied in the Gospel of Mary (Magdalene) can give women today greater insight and help them to become wiser. Can it bring about a wiser society, a society that honours balance, mutuality, the entitlement of all its members and the deconstruction of cultural stereotypes?
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