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?

Gemma Lamarra is a former principal teacher of religious education who currently works in an additional support needs department.