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What is a Magdalene?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Mary Magdalen was probably so-called because she came from from Magdala near Tiberias, on the west shore of Galilee.

An alternative explanation (less likely) is that is a Talmudic expression meaning "curling women's hair," which the Talmud explains as of an adulteress.

So a Magdalen is either someone from Magdala or someone with curly hair. Or both!

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16y ago

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