Maybe now we will have more answers about this woman, since in the month of March the big screen and the bookstores will win two unusual productions that review the life of Mary Magdalene. The film Maria Magdalena, with a script by Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett, follows the trajectory of the historical personality, played by Rooney Mara, who fights against the destiny given to the women of that time. It is the arrival of Jesus, lived by Joaquin Phoenix, that brings him hopes of change.
The author goes through various moments in the history of the messiah and analyzes the relationship he has built with Mary Magdalene, as well as studying the ways she has been interpreted by different religious currents and at different historical moments, deconstructing myths and prejudices.
Based on other historians, archaeological research and what is in the Bible, Haag summarizes, in pages, everything you need to know about Mary Magdalene. It is very likely that you know Mary Magdalene as a prostitute or a sinful woman, not least because that is how she was portrayed by the Catholic Church between the years to This was a choice made by Father Gregory I, who used the following biblical passage to speak of her:.
All this time, Mary Magdalene was this woman for the Church — and also for the artistic reproductions of the biblical narrative, such as in the films The Last Temptation of Christ and The Passion of Christ , in which she is depicted as an adulteress.
In spite of this negative clothing, Mary Magdalene was not seen as a sinner by all. In some other Christian religious aspects, the woman would be the wife of Jesus and even the mother of his son. The Cathars, who lived in the south of France during the Middle Ages, were the ones who nourished this thought.
