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The derivation of MAGDALENA from the place-name Magdala is generally agreed. In the internet you can find still another explanation:
Mary Magdalen was so called either from Magdala near Tiberias, on the west shore of Galilee, or possibly from a Talmudic expression meaning "curling women's hair," which the Talmud explains as of an adulteress.
http://www.stjoanhershey.org/saint2.htm
Can anybody confirm this? A friend I asked said he found the word "migdelet" for a "hairdresser" in a dictionary. I can't find this word in my dictionary (Even-Shoshan), though. But then again: Maria Magdalene *is* the patron of hairdressers …
Mary Magdalen was so called either from Magdala near Tiberias, on the west shore of Galilee, or possibly from a Talmudic expression meaning "curling women's hair," which the Talmud explains as of an adulteress.
http://www.stjoanhershey.org/saint2.htm
Can anybody confirm this? A friend I asked said he found the word "migdelet" for a "hairdresser" in a dictionary. I can't find this word in my dictionary (Even-Shoshan), though. But then again: Maria Magdalene *is* the patron of hairdressers …
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That is weird... I've always been told Jesus' mother was a hairdresser... And in France hairdressers (and florists lol) have a reputation of "easy" women...
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What you say about Mary being a hairdresser (or the patron saint of hairdressers), is absolutely new to me. I've read that she is called upon as the patroness of the cooks, potters or gingerbread bakers (and others), but never hairdressers. And Mary a professional hairdresser herself? This seems weird to me. Where did you get this part from? Very interesting …
In Germany (female) hairdressers are generally considered a little bit stupid …
In Germany (female) hairdressers are generally considered a little bit stupid …
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I have found something interesting on a French website. Apparently the Talmud names Mary Magdalene "Megadela" or "Megdelet", which means "hairdresser".
I've just asked my mom about Mary (the mom of Jesus). She says the Talmud calls her Miriam the hairdresser. She also says that in Middle Ages France she was sometimes referred to (by Christians) as "Marie la coiffière" (Marie the hairdresser). "Coiffière" could also be someone who makes "coiffes" (headress) or wigs, like observant Jewish women wear when they're married.
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
I've just asked my mom about Mary (the mom of Jesus). She says the Talmud calls her Miriam the hairdresser. She also says that in Middle Ages France she was sometimes referred to (by Christians) as "Marie la coiffière" (Marie the hairdresser). "Coiffière" could also be someone who makes "coiffes" (headress) or wigs, like observant Jewish women wear when they're married.
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
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Here: http://www.societe-perillos.com/mariemad_02.html
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
~~ Claire ~~
My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July
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