Editing Mary Magdalene (section)

===Notes===
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{{efn|name=pronounce|{{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|g|d|əl|ᵻ|n|,_|-|iː|n}}; {{langx|hbo|מרים המגדלית}}; original Biblical {{langx|el|Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή|María hē Magdalēnē}}, {{langx|ar|مريم المجدلية}}, literally "Mary the [[Magdala|Magdalene]]", {{lang|grc|Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή}} in [[Matthew 27:56]]; [[Matthew 27:61|27:61]]; [[Matthew 28:1|28:1]]; {{Bibleverse|Mark|15:40}}; {{Bibleref2-nb|Mark|15:47}}; {{Bibleref2-nb|Mark|16:1}}; {{Bibleref2-nb|Mark|16:9}} replaces {{lang|grc|"ἡ"}} with {{lang|grc|"τῇ"}} because of the case change. {{Bibleverse|Luke|8:2}} says {{lang|hrc|"Μαρία ἡ ... Μαγδαληνή"}} and {{Bibleref2-nb|Luke|24:10}} says {{lang|grc|"ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ Μαρία"}}. {{Bibleverse|John|19:25}}, [[John 20:1|20:1]] and [[John 20:18|20:18]] all say {{lang|grc|"Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή"}}.}}

{{efn|name=Migdal|In [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] {{transliteration|hbo|Migdal}} ({{lang|hbo|מגדל}}) means 'tower', 'fortress'; in [[Aramaic]], {{transliteration|arc|Magdala}} means 'tower' or 'elevated, great, magnificent'. {{harvnb|Meyer|de Boer|2009|pp=74–96}} provide an overview of the source texts excerpted in an essay "Should we all turn and listen to her? Mary Magdalene in the spotlight". Interpreters since the time of [[Jerome]] have suggested that Mary was called Magdalene because of her stature and faith, i.e. because she was like a tower: "Mary Magdalene received the epithet 'fortified with towers' because of her earnestness and strength of faith, and was privileged to see the rising of Christ first even before the apostles" {{harv|Haskins|2005|p=406}}. Other interpreters have seen ''Magdalene'' as referring to a kind of hairstyle. This translation stems from certain passages in uncensored versions of the [[Talmud]], where a woman, esoterically identified as Jesus's mother, is called {{transliteration|hbo|hamegadela se'ar nasha}}, which has been translated "Miriam, the dresser of women's hair", possibly a euphemism for "prostitute". See {{harvnb|Herford|2006|p=40}}. The Talmudic passages are at tractate [[Sanhedrin (tractate)|Sanhedrin]] 67a and tractate [[Hagigah]] 4b of the Babylonian Talmud; cf. tractate [[Shabbat (Talmud)|Shabbat]] 104b. The English theologian John Lightfoot (1602–1675) noted these passages and commented: "Whence she was called Magdalene, doth not so plainly appear; whether from Magdala, a town on the lake of Gennesaret, or from the word which signifies a plaiting or curling of the hair, a thing usual with harlots." {{harv|Lightfoot|1989|p=373}}}}

{{efn|name=MMname|Mary Magdalene's name is mostly given as {{lang|grc|Μαρία}} (Maria), but in {{Bibleverse|Matthew|28:1}} as {{lang|grc|Μαριάμ}} (Mariam), {{bibleverse|Matthew|28:1–10|SBLGNT}}, both of which are regarded as Greek forms of [[Miriam]], the Hebrew name for [[Moses]]' sister. The name was extremely popular during the first century due to its connections to the ruling [[Hasmonean]] and [[Herodian Dynasty|Herodian]] dynasties {{harv|Good|2005|pp=9–10}}. In the [[Gospel of John]], Mary Magdalene is also referred to simply as "Mary" at least twice. {{bibleverse|John|20:11}}, {{bibleverse|John|20:16||20:16}}}}

{{efn|name=OT&NT|The Old and New Testament and Gnostic contexts and the text are discussed by {{harvnb|Grant|1961|pp=129–140}}.}}

{{efn|name=confusing|This confusing reference is already in the original manuscript. It is not clear, if the text refers to Jesus's or his mother's sister, or whether the intention is to say something else.}}
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