Description: English summary: Mary from Magdala, also called Magdalene, has been represented in the course of history in a number of very different ways. In the New Testament we encounter her first as the successor of Jesus and as a witness of his crucifixion, burial, and resurrection.
Brief description: Silke Petersen, Dr. theol., Jahrgang 1965, ist Privatdozentin fur Neues Testament am Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie der Universitat Hamburg. Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Johannesevangelium, apokryphe Texte des fruhen Christentums, feministische Exegese und Genderforschung.