RT Article
T1 Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany and the Sinful Woman of Luke 7: The Same Person?
JF Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary
VO 13
IS 1
SP 13
OP 28
A1 Kent, Greenville
LA English
PB AIIAS
YR 2010
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1643189980
AB This article argues that Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany and the sinful woman in Luke 7 should be identified as one and the same, as long held by Christian tradition but recently challenged. Comparison of the four Gospel narratives of Christ's anointing reveals numerous details supporting this identification. Sustained literary motifs also build a consistent characterization. An intriguing story emerges which, far from discrediting Mary from influence or ministry, honours her as a woman called by Christ to be an apostle even to the apostles and an eyewitness to his resurrection and transformative grace, the essence of his message.
K1 Bible. Gospels
K1 Bible. Luke
K1 Jesus Christ
K1 Jesus Christ : Resurrection
K1 MARY Magdalene, Saint, fl. 1st century
K1 Mary Magdalene
K1 Mary of Bethany
K1 Ordination of women
K1 Resurrection
K1 SEXISM in the Bible
K1 SOCIAL conditions of women
K1 Sexism
K1 Women's Ordination
K1 “sinful woman
K1 ” women