In the Gospel of John, Mary Magdalene is the first person to see Jesus after the resurrection. Jesus appeared to Mary after she returned alone to the empty tomb and instructed her to tell the ...

Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John ... gives the crucial christological confession. Jesus says, “I am the resurrection and the life, those who believe me ...

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

the mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene, his disciple and the first witness to the resurrection; Mary and Martha, the sisters who offered him hospitality in Bethany. Now we are learning more of the ...

Good Friday represents an unprecedented act of sacrificial love. The resurrection is the event around which all of Christianity revolves. Jesus’ identity and credibility, as well as our ...

Sepphoris: The Forgotten Capital Just a stone's throw from Nazareth, the humble town where Jesus grew up, lies Sepphoris. In ...

Just as Jesus is represented as consorting with ... whereas all the gospels have women as witnesses to the resurrection and Mary Magdalene very prominent among them.... Mary Magdalene's probably ...

Both subjects address the effect of selfless love on someone directly inspired by Jesus. But Saint Francis was a man in a brown sackcloth. Mary Magdalene, who was first to see Jesus resurrected ...