Inspired by the Nag Hammadi gospels, Roberts (Reader, I Married Him) has imagined a Gnostic gospel according to Mary Magdalene. Her Mary is a composite of three women mentioned in the biblical gospels ...

Bucking conventional wisdom, a controversial text has surfaced suggesting that Jesus Christ may have wed Mary Magdalene, a woman historically cast as a prostitute, and fathered two children with her.

Mary Magdalene has a ton of conspiracy theories swirling around her. Most are pure speculation. But a recent study by a Duke University New Testament PhD student, Elizabeth Schrader, argues that the ...

Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...

On Easter Sunday in the year 591 A.D., Pope Gregory I made an error that would sully the reputation of one of Christ’s greatest followers for centuries. During a ...

An art historian says he has identified the long-mysterious sitter in "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer.

(RNS) — New questions about Mary Magdalene's true identity have implications not just for biblical scholars but for policy about women's roles in the church. (RNS) — On Monday (July 22), the feast day ...

MAGDALA, Israel (AP) — If there's a feminist figure from the Bible for the #MeToo era, it could very well be Mary Magdalene. The major character in the life of Jesus was long maligned in the West and ...

Not much is known about the life of St. Mary Magdalene, whose feast day is celebrated in the Church on July 22. She first appears in the Gospel of Luke as a follower of Christ from whom seven demons ...

(RNS) — The findings were heralded with bold headlines. Archaeologists excavating near the Israeli town of Migdal, also known as Magdala, had found remnants of a first-century synagogue. The discovery ...