Mary Magdalene and Many Others
Women who followed Jesus
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Mary Magdalene and Many Others: Women who followed Jesus
Seeking "to discover whether Jesus' message
of liberation had a word to say to me as a
woman," Carla Ricci found the key in Luke
8:1-3, which mentions the women with Jesus
at the outset of his public activity in
Galilee, listed after the Twelve. This, she
discovered, is a text the (male) exegetes
have systematically ignored for 1900 years.
She found a group of women who unswervingly
followed Jesus—the only ones, when the
male
apostles and disciples fled—from Galilee
to
Jerusalem, through his passion and death, to
be the messengers of the
resurrection.
In all lists of women with Jesus, Mary Magdalene is placed first. She is one woman whom it has been impossible to ignore. And what has commentary made of her? A prostitute, by falsely associating her with the "sinful woman" of the previous episode in Luke. Ricci examines how and why this happened, in a fascinating inquiry into history and culture. So this is an inquiry into the real nature of Jesus' relationship with women, shown to be truly radical in the context of his time—and truly liberative. It rediscovers Mary Magdalene, and the "many others" who deserve to be remembered with her, as an essential component of the original "Jesus movement" and the early church.
In all lists of women with Jesus, Mary Magdalene is placed first. She is one woman whom it has been impossible to ignore. And what has commentary made of her? A prostitute, by falsely associating her with the "sinful woman" of the previous episode in Luke. Ricci examines how and why this happened, in a fascinating inquiry into history and culture. So this is an inquiry into the real nature of Jesus' relationship with women, shown to be truly radical in the context of his time—and truly liberative. It rediscovers Mary Magdalene, and the "many others" who deserve to be remembered with her, as an essential component of the original "Jesus movement" and the early church.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800627188
- Dimensions 5.25 x 8.5
- Pages 240
- Publication Date October 1, 1994
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Hypothesis for an Exergesis of the Silence
Silence on the Subject of Women 19; The Hidden Presence 24;
2. A Text the Exegetes forgot
The "Three Marys" 30; The Course of Research from 1860 to the Present 40;
3. Women and Jesus in the Land of Galilee
Luke 8:1-3 shows the Women's Discipleship 51; The Group that formed around Jesus 55; Women and the Four Gospels 61; Women and Jesus on the Paths of Galilee in Luke's Narrative 72; Touch and Womanhood 101; Touch as Characteristic of Jesus' Experience 104
4. A Revealing Trace
The Group that travelled with Jesus 111; Proclamation, Listening to the Word and Discipleship 112; Summary as Conclusion and Introduction 119
5. Mary Magdalene and the Women Disciples
The Group of Women cured 124; Mary Magdalene 129; Joanna 154; Susanna 156; The Group of "Many Other" Women 156
6. Women in the Time of Memory
The present Time of the Passion and the Time of the Memory of Galilee 165; Restoring a Face and Identity to the "Many" Women who Followed Jesus 171; The Diaconate 177; Women Disciples 179; Apostles of the Apostles 193
Afterword to an Open Research
Appendix
Bibliography
Name Index
Biblical Index
Introduction
1. Hypothesis for an Exergesis of the Silence
Silence on the Subject of Women 19; The Hidden Presence 24;
2. A Text the Exegetes forgot
The "Three Marys" 30; The Course of Research from 1860 to the Present 40;
3. Women and Jesus in the Land of Galilee
Luke 8:1-3 shows the Women's Discipleship 51; The Group that formed around Jesus 55; Women and the Four Gospels 61; Women and Jesus on the Paths of Galilee in Luke's Narrative 72; Touch and Womanhood 101; Touch as Characteristic of Jesus' Experience 104
4. A Revealing Trace
The Group that travelled with Jesus 111; Proclamation, Listening to the Word and Discipleship 112; Summary as Conclusion and Introduction 119
5. Mary Magdalene and the Women Disciples
The Group of Women cured 124; Mary Magdalene 129; Joanna 154; Susanna 156; The Group of "Many Other" Women 156
6. Women in the Time of Memory
The present Time of the Passion and the Time of the Memory of Galilee 165; Restoring a Face and Identity to the "Many" Women who Followed Jesus 171; The Diaconate 177; Women Disciples 179; Apostles of the Apostles 193
Afterword to an Open Research
Appendix
Bibliography
Name Index
Biblical Index