Colm Toibin's "Testament of Mary" brings Jesus' mother down to earth
c. 2013 Religion News Service
NEW YORK (RNS) How far can one go in retelling a Bible story, adding things that are not in the original? In "The Testament of Mary," Colm Toibin goes a long way.
His 2012 book is now a Broadway play presenting a view of the mother of Jesus so different from pious tradition that it angers some Christians, creating a "new," intellectually and spiritually challenging Virgin Mary.
