article_snippet.sent: The heroine is simply called "Mary.
article_snippet.sent: " Edward James Reeves: I would like to know what really happened to Mary Magdalene?
article_snippet.sent: Where did Mary Magdalene go?
article_snippet.sent: Who last saw Mary Magdalene?
article_snippet.sent: But if that is the case, that is the case is surprising that the Gospel writers pay so much attention to Mary Magdalene in the Gospel writers Passion and Resurrection narratives.
article_snippet.sent: Perhaps Mary Magdalene was a wealthy, elderly widow?
article_snippet.sent: : Do you think Magdalene is a nickname or reference to Mary's hometown?
article_snippet.sent: It's a good guess that "Magdalene" refers to Magdala, and so Mary Magdalene name would refer to Mary's hometown, just as Jesus the "Nazarene" is from Nazareth.
article_snippet.sent: You are right, though, that it could be a nickname and that it might not have anything to do with Magdala.
article_snippet.sent: The closest we get to the idea is the Gospel of Philip in which Mary Magdalene is described as Jesus' "companion," one of three women who always "walked with the Lord.
article_snippet.sent: the Gospel of Mary Magdalene says that Jesus used to kiss Mary Magdalene often, but we don't know whereabouts Jesus kissed Mary Magdalene because there is a hole in the manuscript at just that point!
highlights_snippet.sent: Mary Magdalene is one of the Bible's most complicated characters .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Mark Goodacre, who appears in the series, answers your questions about Mary Magdalene .