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In Our Time: Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

25/02/2016

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Mary Magdalene

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible.

Mary Magdalene is one of the best-known figures in the Bible and has been a frequent inspiration to artists and writers over the last 2000 years. According to the New Testament, she was at the foot of the cross when Jesus was crucified and was one of the first people to see Jesus after the resurrection. However, her identity has provoked a large amount of debate and in the Western Church she soon became conflated with two other figures mentioned in the Bible, a repentant sinner and Mary of Bethany. Texts discovered in the mid-20th century provoked controversy and raised further questions about the nature of her relations with Jesus.

With:

Joanne Anderson
Lecturer in Art History at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Eamon Duffy
Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Magdalene College

Joan Taylor
Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College London

Producer: Victoria Brignell.

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