BETTER IN GREEK I enjoyed Robert Kiely’s very interesting and thorough overview of the historical identity of Mary Magdalene and, in particular, of the various it has been saids about John 20:17, “noli me tangere” (“Picturing the Magdalene,” September 10). I did miss, however, one possible translation of the original Greek text. Since the Greek verb haptein also means (...)
Letters
The Magdalene, the mosque & marriage
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