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A. I have to say we don\u2019t know. To have money she could use in that way, it wouldn\u2019t have been sufficient to belong to a wealthy family. She would need to have money at her own disposal.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think we have evidence of women running businesses in Galilee \u2013 which does not of course mean that they didn\u2019t. But what makes it more puzzling is Mary\u2019s condition before Jesus exorcised her demons. To be possessed by seven demons must have meant she was in a pretty wild and uncontrollable condition (cf. Legion), not capable of running a business. Yet she had resources to support Jesus and his traveling disciples (Lk. 8.1-3).<\/p>\n

The solution may be that she was divorced. Her husband could have divorced her because of her deranged condition. When she was divorced, her ketubah (the money her father set aside for her on her marriage) would legally come into her own independent possession. If she came of a wealthy family, this could be a considerable sum. This would explain why she is, unusually for a woman, known by her place of origin, rather than as \u201cwife of \u2026\u201d or \u201cdaughter of \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"