The Forgotten Female Disciples of Jesus - Helen Bond
Helen Bond
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6 July 2025
27 November 2025
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Helen Bond is Professor of Christian Origins at the New College, University of Edinburgh, and former head of the School of Divinity there. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
In 2023, she co-authored a book with Joan Taylor called "Women Remembered: Jesus’ Female Disciples": https://amzn.to/4lnjwEk
Watch the documentary version here: https://youtu.be/17QWDhomle8?si=MguR-xBT36cJatGH
- TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Why Were Jesus/ Disciples All Male?
08:20 – Which Biblical Woman Can We Know Most About?
11:29 – Did Each Disciple Have a Female Counterpart?
17:08 – Who was “Mary Magdalene”?
27:30 – Who Was Salome?
28:54 – Which Women Were Present at the Crucifixion?
37:29 – Why Does Paul Not Mention Women Witnesses to the Resurrection?
44:23 – Were Early Christians Sexist?
47:39 – The Importance of Women in the Early Christian Church
01:04:34 – Were There Early Female Bishops?
01:12:36 – The Erasure of Women in Early Christianity
01:18:36 – When Even Mary Was Left Out
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