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 ...

The story takes viewers to first century Galilee, where a young Mary Magdalene likely lived on her own in a small fishing village on the nearby sea. Some details about her life remain ambiguous.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During a sermon, the pope wrongly conflated Mary Magdalene with the “unnamed sinner woman” who anointed Christ’s feet in the Book of Luke. It would take nearly 1,400 years for this mistake ...

I grew up hearing the stories and characters of the New Testament, but I was in my 20s when I first learned that in the Latin tradition, Mary Magdalene is considered to be one and the same as Mary ...