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I have never had the privilege of meeting Professor Chilton, but I am aware of his brilliant career and the influence of his writings. Bruce, if I may, has been a force in New Testament and Early Christian studies for the better part of the last 50 years. Anyone not familiar with his work should take the opportunity to read Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography (2000), which I think has been his most far-reaching popular work.
Much of his published work has focused on the intertestamental period, Judaism, Jerusalem, the Targums, the interpretation of Isaiah, and some of the key figures in early Christianity such as Jesus, Paul, and Mary Magdalene. I mention this to say that his credentials are impeccable, his learning expansive, and his reach impressive.
When I sat down to read Mary Magdalene: A Biography, I was somewhat surprised by the deeply personal introduction, and I admit that I had some trouble digesting it—not because it was poorly conceived or written but because it fe
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The account of Mary Magdalene in the Bible is only the beginning of her story, according to fictional accounts like The Davinci Code. But legend has a way of overshadowing history. In the case of Mary Magdalene, asking only if she was married to Jesus overlooks her contributions. In this interview, biographer Bruce Chilton tells the story of Jesus’ most pivotal female follower.
Read the book by Bruce Chilton, Mary Magdalene: A Biography.
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Who was Mary Magdalene?
Jesus had many female followers in the Gospels (see Mark 15:40-41, for example); of them all Mary Magdalene played the most pivotal role in his movement.
Her inheritance is not for Christianity alone—or for Judaism alone. Mary lived before those two religions separated from one another, and her native Magdala was influenced by the trade of products and ideas that came from far and wide.
They are clearly different people.
She took the lead in in three vital activities that made Jesu
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Mother Mary And Mary Magdalene
Holding Two Marys Together
Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene are particularly close within the holy family that fryst vatten the ‘communion of saints’ mentioned in the Creed. They were the two women Jesus was closest to in his life: his mother and possibly his closest disciple. Mary Magdalene’s special closeness to Jesus fryst vatten expressed powerfully in the canonical gospels’ accounts of his resurrection. All kvartet Gospels agree that she was among the first to witness the resurrection (and they don’t agree on very much). In John and Mark, Jesus appears first to her alone, in Matthew to her and one other woman, in Luke she is with a group of women and only hears about the resurrection from two angels, who show them the empty tomb. She is always named first when there are lists of women disciples.
In Matthew, Mark, and John she fryst vatten sent to proclaim the good news to the other disciples. This fryst vatten what makes her an “apóstolos”, the Greek begrepp for "one who inom