TY  - JOUR
T1  - EL greco's the penitent magdalene
AU  - Harris JC
Y1  - 2012/12/01
N1  - 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.111
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 1194
EP  - 1194
VL  - 69
IS  - 12
N2  - 
Mary Magdalene provides a lens to view the role of the feminine in religion and culture over the centuries. She has been variously portrayed as a wealthy benefactress to Jesus and his followers, as a prostitute, as an apostle, as an ascetic, as a contemplative, and as Jesus' companion. In these various roles, she is viewed as an individual, and her individuality allows an exploration of the feminine in Christianity. Her life is reflected not only in the New Testament descriptions of her but also in the Gnostic Book of Mary1 and the Gnostic Gospels found at Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt.2 In the New Testament Gospels, she is identified as the privileged person who found the empty tomb and to whom the resurrected Christ first appeared. Earlier in the Christian Bible, she is described as among the wealthy women who provided material support for Jesus' teaching. In the Book of Mary,1 she is said to be the most beloved among the disciples and is described there as the female apostle. In the Nag Hammadi Gnostic Gospels,2 she is referred to as a leader who went forth along with the other disciples in the Book of Thomas and as companion to Jesus in the Book of Philip.

SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.111
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2012.111
ER  -