She has no wealth and has no role in providing for Jesus and his followers (as in most Jesus movies there is little attention to such practicalities). Ironically, this Jesus is more patriarchal and less subversive than the Jesus of the Gospels. The wish to give Mary Magdalene her due is ...
• Reveals the eminence of the divine feminine in Christian thought• Offers a new perspective on the life of one of the most controversial figures in the Western spiritual traditionPerhaps no figure in biblical scholarsh...
The Eastern Church also distinguishes between the three, but, after they were identified as one and the same by St. Gregory the Great, Mary Magdalene’s cult flourished in the West. This identification has since been challenged, and modern scholars feel that the three women are distinct. ...
Perhaps no figure in biblical scholarship has been the subject of more controversy and debate than Mary Magdalene. Also known as Miriam of Magdala, Mary Magdalene was considered by the apostle John to be the founder of Christianity because she was the first witness to the Resurrection. In most...
Perhaps No Figure In Biblical Scholarship Has Been The Subject Of More Controversy And Debate Than Mary Magdalene. Although She Is Discussed In The Gospels Of Philip, Thomas, Peter, And Bartholomew In The Collection Of Writings Known As The Gnostic Gospels That Were Rejected By The Early Inhabita...
With the publication of Holy Blood, Holy Grail in the mid-nineties and the Gnostic Gospels found in Nag Hammadi, a new perspective on the role of Mary Magdalene in the revelation and dissemination of the esoteric teachings of Christ has emerged onto the public stage. With the release of The...
Mary Magdalene in the Canon For part of her story, Catholics and Protestants agree: She is mentioned in Luke 8:3 as one of the women who "ministered to Christ of their substance". Their motive, according to the author of Luke was that of gratitude for deliverances he had wrought for ...
Related to Mary:Mary Magdalene , the mother of Jesus Mary,in the Bible, mother of Jesus. Christian tradition reckons her the principal saint, naming her variously the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady, and Mother of God (Gr.,theotokos). Her name is the HebrewMiriam. ...
the Gospels of Mary, Thomas, Philip, and related texts about Mary Magdalene discloses, with Esther A. De Boer, the long-suppressed story of Mary's vital role in the life of Jesus and in the formative period after his crucifixion presents as authentically as possible the real Mary Magdalene...
Magdala is also mentioned in the New Testament. Jesus may have visited the city, although it is not stated in the Gospels. But the Gospels do record a women from Magdala as being one of the most faithful followers of Jesus - Mary Magdalene (=Mary from Magdala). ...