Book Review: Women Remembered: Jesus’ Female Disciples
by Gemma Lamarra
Women Remembered: Jesus’ Female Disciples
Joan Taylor and Helen Bond
John Murray Press, 2021
Having seen the Channel 4 documentary (Jesus’ Female Disciples: The New Evidence, 2018) that inspired this book, I started reading it with a hint of scepticism. I enjoyed the documentary but would not allow myself to get too excited. There were a couple of times when I cringed, thinking there might have been too big a jump from the evidence to the conclusion, which risked writing the presenters off as not credible. Was their agenda colouring the evidence too much?
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Gemma Lamarra is a former principal teacher of religious education who currently works in an additional support needs department.