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To: VeritatisSplendor
Were there any other women by name other than one Martha?

Yes ... Mary from Magdala.

"Miriam" was a very popular name back then, as was Joseph.

110 posted on 02/24/2007 3:53:07 PM PST by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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To: NYer

That's what I mean, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdelene, Mary the wife of Cleopas and Martha - were any other women named in the gospels? Mary was definitely popular but probably didn't count for 3/4 of the women.

Mrs VS


112 posted on 02/24/2007 4:23:58 PM PST by VeritatisSplendor
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I think it's very sweet that they found evidence that the one Miriam went by "Mara". We always think of people in ancient times as being very stiff and formal. We don't usually think of them as having nicknames, but why wouldn't they have? "Iosi" sounds nice too.


234 posted on 02/26/2007 9:16:25 AM PST by ichabod1 ("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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