Abstract
This article lifts up the Woman with the Alabaster Jar of Luke's Gospel, chapter 7. The Pharisee saw her as a sinner because according to Pharisaic laws she was. Jesus, the Teacher at the Pharisee's house agrees. He says the Woman has sinned much and is forgiven much. This paper explores the importance of forgiveness and the importance of showing hospitality, love, and justice to one's neighbour. Roman Catholic tradition used to conflate this woman with claiming that was the sinner forgiven for her great love for the Teacher. In recent years, many people have opposed Roman Catholic tradition because too many Christians were exploiting the image of in a negative way to gain power over women and people of other races and faiths. (1) Thus this article opposes both the modern and the old exploited views. It maintains that the Woman of Luke 7 is the bitterly treated woman of the Gospel who overcame and rose with the Teacher as the Christ. She earned the title Mary because of the way people bitterly treated her for breaking God's ancient Patriarchal law that scholars and priests were using to chastise and exclude women and their Gentile and Samaritan neighbours from the great banquet of life where God's Love and eco-justice is for all. She earned the title the Magdalene because she is a tower of strength and a great light, a burning torch that the Teacher speaks face to face with in the garden.
Highlights
This article lifts up the Woman with the Alabaster Jar
Prior to 1969, Roman Catholic tradition claimed that this woman was Mary Magdalene
[2] in 1910 the Roman Catholic scholar, Hugh Pope maintained that conflating Mary Magdalene with the anointing stories is fundamental to understanding the Christian teaching of forgiveness.[3]
Summary
This article lifts up the Woman with the Alabaster Jar. Prior to 1969, Roman Catholic tradition claimed that this woman was Mary Magdalene. [2] in 1910 the Roman Catholic scholar, Hugh Pope maintained that conflating Mary Magdalene with the anointing stories is fundamental to understanding the Christian teaching of forgiveness.[3]. The idea of Mary Magdalene being a spirited red head persists in popular culture despite scant explicit biblical evidence. [2,17,18,19] this article resists those revisionists and reexamines theological assumptions concerning sin and forgiveness in the context of Red and Simon, the Pharisee [the spiritual father], [20] who hosted the banquet where the anointing in Luke 7 took place.
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