French has had many expressions involving Mary Magdalene, prior to the 19th century, if one was to “faire la Madeleine” (make ...

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...

Mary Magdalene is commonly labelled a prostitute ... And race back to tell the others the breaking news. Leaving Mary alone, weeping at the tomb, a man appears to Mary and asks why she is crying.

If Mary Magdalene so often embodies the “scarlet woman” trope ... one at the head and the other at the feet. They ask, “Why are you weeping?” and she replies, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do ...

The woman we meet in Luke 7, who kneels at the feet of Jesus, weeping and drying his feet ... become the “Apostle of the Apostles”: Mary Magdalen, [a sinful woman], through love of the truth ...

That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene is one of the most recognizable—and misunderstood—figures of the Bible. Scholars have ...

This is British artist Harold Copping’s depiction of the grieving Mary Magdalene as she is about to meet the risen Jesus Christ in his tomb. Copping lived from 1863-1932. (Courtesy Photo ...

A Renaissance (c. 1524) oil-on-panel painting depicting Mary Magdalene transferring ointment from a maiolica pharmacy jar to a smaller vessel. Now located at the Walter's Art Museum in Baltimore ...

I call her “our communicator.” Then one Sunday this past Easter season I casually said to her, “You are our Mary Magdalene.” I received a blank stare. Later I realized she was thinking of ...

SALT LAKE CITY — For actress Elizabeth Tabish, playing Mary Magdalene on "The Chosen" is both an honor and a privilege. Tabish, who also recently had roles in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever ...