Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene ... is to Mary Magdalene. Here’s the reason that it really matters: right now in your Bible as it is translated, Martha, not Mary, gives the ...

and used to kiss her often (63.34-36). The importance of this portrayal is that yet again the work affirms the special relationship of Mary Magdalene to Jesus based on her spiritual perfection.

Texts discovered in the mid-20th Century raised further questions about the nature of her relationship with Jesus. Mary Magdalene is first mentioned by name in Mark, the second Gospel. However ...

A new film about Mary Magdalene sets out to refute the commonly held assumption that she was a prostitute redeemed by Christ. Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus Christ Superstar. The Last Temptation of Christ.

Jesus has risen: he is not in the tomb. Life has overcome death. He appears to his most holy mother. He appears to Mary Magdalene ... the decade is over, you kiss the wounds in his feet, ...

and used to kiss her often (63.34-36). The importance of this portrayal is that yet again the work affirms the special relationship of Mary Magdalene to Jesus based on her spiritual perfection.