The woman from Magdala needs to be restored to her proper place in church history. Just from the evidence of the Gospels, Mary enjoyed an exalted standing. She was not only the first person to ...

Where exactly was Magdala? Early theologians didn’t know ... fragment supports this possibility because Jesus instructs a woman named Mary in how to become ‘an image of the eternal ...

So are some feminist scholars who want to disassociate Mary Magdalene from the sinful woman in Luke 7. But situating Mary in Magdala also shuts the door to Mary’s legacy. “If you say she’s ...

is a young woman — in the new film "Mary Magdalene" — who spends her days with the women of Magdala along the shore of Galilee. They mend fishing nets and tend sheep. She also acts as a ...

Magdala was also the home of Mary Magdalene (literally Mary of Magdala), the woman from whom Jesus cast seven demons. This story makes me wonder whether Jesus’ ministry was so inclusive that it ...

director of the Magdalena Institute at Magdala. “Reanalysing that reputation that she had we can see she was probably a woman of greater social status, higher social status, a woman of wealth ...

Some scholars speculate that this was the hometown of Mary Magdalene, a Jewish woman sometimes called Mary of Magdala. According to the Christian Gospels, she traveled with Jesus as one of his ...

One of Jesus’ followers actually came from Magdala. Her name was Mary, “the Magdalene,” but the Gospels give us very little information about her background. Unlike other women named “Mary ...

The interest in St. Mary of Magdala is not exclusively Catholic, Schenk said. Every year some celebrations are organized by Protestant women, and a great many of the celebrations are held in ...