Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus (Hardcover)

The idiosyncratic master Chester Brown continues his provocative exploration of sex work in this groundbreaking biblical retelling!

The iconoclastic and bestselling cartoonist of Paying for It: A Comic-Strip Memoir About Being a John and Louis Riel returns with a polemical interpretation of the Bible that remains one of the most controversial graphic novels of the modern era. Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus retells nine biblical stories that present Chester Brown's fascinating and startling thesis about the representation of prostitution in scripture.

Brown weaves a connecting line between Bathsheba, Ruth, Rahab, Tamar, Mary of Bethany, and the Virgin Mother. By examining these cultural implications, he reassesses the Christian moral code regarding sex work. Approaching the Bible with the same rigor he applied to Louis Riel, Brown makes these ancient stories utterly pertinent to a modern audience, complete with his signature extensive handwritten endnotes.

Discover a work hailed by scholars and activists alike for its advocacy, normalization, and meticulous research into Biblical lore.