A SYNOPSIS OF THE FOUR GOSPELS DECIPHERING ONE BIBLICAL FIGURE

As the cover suggests, this book sees Mary of Bethany – the sibling of Martha and Lazarus, as the woman disciple of Jesus who made a bold step, growing in the faith. It is in this context that she received the new name or surname of “tower”, consistent with the case of Simon whom he named Peter; James and John sons of Zebedee whom he named Boanerges (Sons of Thunder); Simon called the Zealot, and so on; but not all surnames go back to Jesus himself. According to this book, Mary of Bethany is doubtless Mary Magdalene – but often mistakenly presented as originating from ‘Magdala’ a city which existed only in Ancient Egypt and mentioned « Migdol » several times in the OT. It will be stressful and fruitless to search for this city which is not cited anywhere in the NT (see J. F. CHAMPOLLION [1814], A. PLUMMER [1922/1981], J. FITZMYER, S.J. [1979/1981] among many other exegetes). Click the download button below to get either a French or English copy.