The person of Mary Magdalene (M.M.) has recently been receiving a great deal of interest. Even though we have no words or direct quotations of M.M. in the N.T., she nonetheless plays a leading role among the women. The women (esp. M.M.) appear as the first witnesses of the resurrected Christ and are commissioned to tell the disciples. Further, we observe how several early Church Fathers came to indentify M.M. with the other two Marys. A brief look at the feministic literature shows that patriarchal tendencies in early Christianity have attempted to suppress the significance of M.M. although she stood in the center of Christ's commission.
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The Author: Richard Atwood was born 1954 in Cleburne, Texas, USA. From 1976 until 1980 he studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, graduating with a Master of Divinity degree. From 1980 until 1982 he studied at the University of Basel, Switzerland and began his Dissertation under Prof. Dr. B. Reicke. Due to the unfortunate death of Prof. Reicke, the dissertation was completed under Prof. Dr. E. Stegemann (Referent) and Prof. Dr. R. Brändle (Korreferent). In 1982 Mr. Atwood was ordained in the Swiss Reformed Church and since then has been pastoring, presently in Sissach, Basel Land, Switzerland.
Contents: Mary Magdalene among the women in Lk. 8,1-3 - The women witnesses of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection - M.M. in early tradition - M.M. in light of recent feministic theology.
