The book contains Brown's adaptations of a handful of stories from the Bible, rendered in his beautifully assured and composed black and white drawings. The tone is restrained and matter of fact. Many of them were new to me and didn't make much sense.

The copious notes at the end of the book, which surround an additional Bible story adaptation, the story of Job, shed some light on the matter. Brown is interested in and supportive of sex-workers, considers himself a Christian and believes that the point of Biblical stories is that God wishes people to love, as much as they can love. Obedience to laws, whether divine or otherwise, is not as important as loving.

This is an attractive idea and Brown argues it in such a way that I was persuaded, but I'm an ignoramus on the subject.

Anything Chester Brown does is worth my time and attention, and Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus was no exception.

I especially liked his depiction of a calm Satan.