Mary Magdalene is commonly portrayed with long red hair, as in this painting by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys
The Hebrew word usually translated "ruddy" or "reddish-brown" (admoni (ואדמני), from the root ADM (אדם, see also Adam and Edom))[90][91][92][93] was used to describe both Esau and David. Despite the fact hair colour is not mentioned in the passages, the descriptions led to a later Ashkenazi tradition that David and Esau were a red-head.[citation needed]
Early artistic representations of Mary Magdalene usually depict her as having long flowing red hair, although a description...
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