SBL Forum Update

The SBL Forum has been updated with some fresh articles focusing on the topic of the moment, Mary Magdalene, with this blurb:

Well-known characters in the Bible are not always known well. This month the Forum explores the identity and representation of Mary Magdalene in early Christian literature. Who is Mary? and What are scholars discovering about her in canonical and noncanonical gospels?

Opposition as Index of Importance: The Case of Mary Magdalene

by John Dominic Crossan



Mary of Magdala: Christian Polemics and Demonic Influence

by Ann Graham Brock



Mary of Magdala in Early Christian Coptic Literature

by Karen L. King



Select Bibliography on Mary

by Ann Graham Brock



Mary Magdalene in Recent Literature

by Birger A. Pearson