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First century Jews did not have surnames in the way their Roman contemporaries and most modern people do. So, scholars say that the word Magdalene must mean that Mary was from Magdala. If so, she was probably born in Magdala.
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Mary was born and lived in Magdala in Palestine. Her correct name was Mary of Magdala but translated into the Greek "Magdalene" when The Bible was converted from original Aramaic/Hebrew.
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It's not known where she came from.
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That she came from a town called 'Magdala'.
It has been widely assumed that Mary was from a town in Israel with the name Magdala (Aramaic) or Migdol (Hebrew).
That Mary's home town was 'Migdol Nûnîya' ("the Fish Tower").
This is a port town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, three kilometres north of Tiberias.
That Mary's hometown was "Tower of Dyers".
This is also near Tiberias, and suggests that Mary had made her wealth by dying cloth
That 'Magdalene' was a nick-name.
Just as Jesus gave the descriptive nicknames "Rock" and "Sons of Thunder" to his three closest disciples, (Simon Peter, James, and John), so . perhaps he gave Mary the nick-name "the Magdalene". Since the name 'Mary' was a very common name and Jesus had at least 5 female followers and relatives called Mary, a distinguishing nickname would have been useful in identifying which Mary was meant.
(Since the word'Magdala' means "tower", "watch-tower", or "fortress" in Aramaic, if "Magdalene" is a nick name meaning "tower", then Mary may have been a particularly tall or strong woman.)
That she had been a prostitute.
The word 'mgdla' meaning a plaiting or curling of the hair, can also mean also"hairdresser," from the word 'gadal' which means "to weave, to twine, to plait, to dress hair". Braided hair was a sign of prostitutes.
Furthermore, the chance similarity of a Greek word 'magdalia' , which can mean "dirt washed off", with the completely unrelated Aramaic word 'magdala' became intertwined in Western traditions about Mary Magdalene, soiling her name and her reputation." . Subsequently, "Magdalene" entered dictionaries as a word which means "reformed prostitute".
That she was Mary of Bethany
That she was the unnamed woman caught in adultery.
That she was the woman at the house of Simon the Pharisee/leper who poured ointment on Jesus' head and used her own unbraided hair to wipe it .
Rather than just one option, it may be a combination of them.
Perhaps Mary came from the town Migdol Nûnîya' ("the Fish Tower") and was a particularly tall or strong woman who was areformed prostitute?
[See article at 'NewLife' titled 'What the Bible says about Mary the Magdalene' at
newlife.id.au/equality-and-gender-issues/mary-the-magdalene']
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∙ 9y agoA female disciple of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who was the first to witness the Resurrection.
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