re, splitting with one version telling of marriage to St. John the Baptist/Evangelist, another telling of her inheriting land and wealth from her father and on and on. She must have had an amazing story to tell. She followed a man named Jesus from the beginning of his career to the end. I believe her popularity had a lot to do with her gender and the fact that Christian women had few female figures who received such notoriety in biblical times. The most obvious exceptions to this generalization being the virgin mother, also named Mary, and Eve, the first woman.
             There are obvious parallels between the story of Mary Magdalene and the stories of the Virgin Mary and Eve. Like Eve, Mary is accused of crimes against her society's value system. "The Medieval Church could never forget that it had been Eve who had tempted Adam and had led him to his progeny, the massa damnata, into everlasting sorrow and travail" (Haskins, Pg. 134). Eve is comparable to Mary Magdalene's early years, prior to being saved by Christ, in that she brings ideas of sin and her own story of a fall from grace. This part of the Magdalene story reflected the church's attitude on woman, the other half of "God's creation" (Haskins, Pg. 133). After doing penance and receiving forgiveness from Christ, her life. She was present at the crucifixion and proclaimed his resurrection. She devoted her life to teaching his ideas. At this point she has been transformed, Mary Magdalene the sinner has become Mary Magdalene the saint, her life now more reminiscent of the Virgin Mary than a loose prostitute. This 'reformed' Mary certain shows us the importance the church places on its teachings concerning salvation.
             Mary Magdalene is one of three plays located in an anthology at Oxford. The earliest recorded owner of the text now known as The Digby Conversion if St. Paul, was a man named Myles Blomefylde who died in 1603...