The findings were heralded with bold headlines. Archaeologists excavating near the Israeli town of Migdal, also known as Magdala, had found remnants of a first-century synagogue. The December 2021 ...
Many people, when asked to conjure up an image of Mary of Magdala, will say that she was a prostitute; a sinner who repented. However, in truth, Mary was an important faith leader, a key figure in our ...
The Gospels give some intriguing clues to the identity of Jesus’ famous follower—who was unwed, moved freely, and provided for the Apostles out of her own resources. A Renaissance (c. 1524) ...
The ancient ruins were discovered on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, in a Biblical-era village known as Magdala (Migdal) in the north of Israel. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), ...
Was she really a prostitute? Why did Jesus love her so? Still, there are many unanswered questions about certain people in the Bible, but none is more controversial than Mary Magdalene. There have ...
In this Tuesday, March 27, 2018 photo, a sculpture of Mary Magdalene and Jesus is on display at the Magdala center, on the Sea of Galilee in Migdal. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.) Listen MAGDALA, Israel ...
Author’s note: What follows was submitted to Religion Dispatches some months before the Occupy Wall Street movement began. Thus there is no reference to that movement in the essay, only a vague hope ...
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