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Q: The name Mariam sounds strange -- is it foreign?
A: It wouldn't be strange if we lived in Beirut :) Its one
of the most common women's names in the Middle East today. Just as it was in the world of Jesus' time.
Q: Does it mean anything?
A: Some people think the root of the name is connected to the word for bitterness while others
connect it to the word for "sea." No one knows for sure.
Q: Why did you write the book?
A: To hear Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives on Mariamic figures in each religious
tradition and to see where the figures connect and overlap.
Washington Allston's "Miriam the Prophetess" in The Farnsworth Gallery, Rockland, Maine
Q: How is your book different from all the other books on Mary Magdalene?
A: No book examines Mary Magdalene's composite identity as a Miriam figure. Each essay highlights
a different facet of this identity as you can see from the table of contents. A collection of essays can move discussion forward
in ways a book by a single author can't.
Q: How can I find out more about you?
A: I'm a professor of New Testament at The General Theological Seminary in New York City.
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Deirdre J. Good
Professor of New Testament
M.Theol., St. Andrew’s University
S.T.M.,
Union Theological Seminary (New York)
Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School
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