Mary Magdalene from the new testament to the new age and beyond / edited by Edmondo F. Lupieri.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lupieri, Edmondo, editor.

Series:

Themes in biblical narrative ; Volume 24.

Themes in biblical narrative, ; Volume 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mary Magdalene, Saint.

Mary Magdalene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

An international team of twenty scholars under Edmondo F. Lupieri’s direction produced Mary Magdalene from the New Testament to the New Age and Beyond . While the historical figure of the Magdalene may be lost forever, the construction of her literary images and their transformations and adaptations over the centuries are a lively testimony to human creativity and faith. Different pictures of Mary travelled through time and space, from history to legend and mythology, crossed religious boundaries, going beyond the various Christianities, to become a “sign of contradiction” for many. This book describes a special case of biblical reception history, that of the New Testament figure of a woman whose presence at the side of Jesus has been disturbing for some, but proves to be inspiring for others.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Acknowledgements

Figures

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction / Edmondo Lupieri

New Testament through Late Antiquity

The Earliest Magdalene: Varied Portrayals in Early Gospel Narratives / Edmondo Lupieri

The Apocryphal Magdalene: Expanding and Limiting Her Importance / Trent A. Rogers

The Gnostic Magdalene: Mary as Disciple and Revealer / Cambry G. Pardee

The Vine and the Net-Caster: Mandaean and Manichaean Transformations of Mary Magdalene / Emiliano Fiori

The Patristic Magdalene: Symbol for the Church and Witness to the Resurrection / Amanda Kunder

A Whore from Bethany? A Note on Mary Magdalene in Early Non-Christian Sources / Bas van Os

The Magdalene Yesterday and Today in the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife / David A. Creech

The Middle Ages through the Modern Age

The Cult of Mary Magdalene in the Medieval West / Theresa Gross-Diaz

The Magdalene of Medieval Hagiography / Seth J.A. Alexander

Suspended between Sacred and Profane: the Iconography of Mary Magdalene from Its Origins to the Fifteenth Century / Marcello Mignozzi

The Divided Magdalene: the Three Magdalenes Debate (1517–1519): between Humanism and Enlightenment / Jeffrey M. Tripp

The Uncontainable Sexuality of a Penitent Woman: the Magdalene between Baroque and Contemporary Art / Jayna Hoffacker

Contemporary Period

The Magdalene of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship / Teresa J. Calpino

From Disciple to Deviant: the Magdalene in Contemporary Popular Film / Erica-Lyn Saccucci

The Magdalene of Internet: New Age, Goddess, and Nature Spiritualities / James S. Mastaler

Wife, Queen, Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the New Religious-Spiritual Movements (19th–21st Centuries) / Carla Ricci

From Galilee to India: There Is Something about Mary (Magdalene) / Pierluigi Piovanelli

Why the Church Needs a Prostitutes’ Saint / Mary Setterholm

The Marys in the Contemporary Liturgical Practice of the Mary Magdalene (the) Apostle Catholic Community / Jane Via

The Legionaries of Mary Magdalene? / Ludovica Eugenio

Back Matter

Index of Premodern Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Places.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-41106-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004411067 DOI