Virgin Mary
(see also
Mary Magdalene)
The Blessed Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ. She was born in Jerusalem about the year 19 B.C. and died there about the year 49 A.D. She lived a relatively obscure life and is known principally for being the Mother of Jesus Christ and His most faithful disciple. She was the first to believe in Him and She stood faithfully at His side when He was crucified and put to death under Pontius Pilate in 30 A. D. From The Blessed Virgin Mary
"The idea that Mary [Jesus' mother] had been an adultress never completely disappeared in Christian mythology. Instead, the character of Mary was split into two: Mary the mother of Jesus, believed to be a virgin, and Mary Magdalene, believed to be a woman of ill repute. The idea that the character of Mary Magdalene is also derived from Miriam the mythical mother of Yeishu, is corroborated by the fact that the strange name 'Magdalene' clearly resembles the Aramaic term mgadla nshaya meaning 'womens' hairdresser'....There was a belief that Yeishu's mother was 'Miriam the women's hairdresser'. Because the Christians did not know what the name 'Magdalene' meant, they later conjectured that it meant that she had come from a place called Magdala on the west of Lake Kinneret. The idea of the two Marys fitted in well with the pagan way of thinking. The image of Jesus being followed by the two Marys is strongly reminiscent of Dionysus being followed by Demeter and Persephone." - Hayyim ben Yehoshua, "Refuting Missionaries, Part 1: The Myth of the Historical Jesus" From Mary Magdalene
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