The name Mary, an English adaptation for identities in the New Testament gospels, can be delineated into primary determinates of these three names: Mariam, Maria and Mariame.
These three names are verifiable in multiple confirming inscriptions, as tabulated by Tal IIan: ILAN, T. (2002). Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity, Part 1: Palestine 330 BCE–200 CE.
Sorted by this applicability, one is cognizant that the Apostle Philip has bestowed The Virgin Mary, Mary of Clopas and Mary Magdalene, as Mariam, Maria and Mariame. Hebrew names Mariam and Maria were adopted into the Greek. Mariame is the early Greek variant of Mariam, later evolving into Mariamme, etc.
The Gospel of Philip affirms that the three who walked constantly with Jesus were each a Mary. Philip, a scribe conversant in Greek, circumscribes Mariam, Maria and Mariame to comport to an original, derivative and variant. Manuscripts concur, preeminently ascribing the Virgin Mary to Mariam/Μαριάμ, Mary of Clopas to Maria/Μαρία, and Mary Magdalene to Mariame/Μαριάμη.[Philip a scribe: Pistis Sophia, Bk 1.23; in Greek, John 12:20,21]
In the Hebraic figurative nominative sense, Mariam is absorbed as beloved of god, Maria is absorbed as beloved.(Mariam as defined in the original post, seen here. Grammarians of Ancient Greek when conforming to messianic structure, relate the discourse of Yeshua to being the discourse of God, and apply and ratify the grammatical case to harmonize with messianic doctrine.[Messiah: John 5:17 ff.].
Jesus, equal in standing to God, doesn't need to incorporate his denomination into discourse with his mother, and can confer on her only Maria/Μαρία, "beloved" [Pistis Sophia].
With his aunt Maria he can choose to incorporate his sentiment and refer to her as Mariam/Μαριάμ, to confer on her that she is a beloved of his, [Pistis Sophia].
Manuscript Affirmation.
- Mariam/Μαριάμ is consigned to The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, and is denoted as Mariam in :
The Gospel of Matthew;
The Infancy Gospel of Matthew;
The Protevangelium of James;
The History of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
Coptic apocrypha in the dialect of upper Egypt;
Lady Meux Manuscript, The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Maria/Μαρία is consigned to the other Mary, Mary the mother of James the less and Joses, Mary of Joses, Mary of James, Mary of Clopas(Virgin Mariam's sister). Note: Relationships—Maria married Clopas' son, widower Alphaeus, biological father of James and Judas/Joses, who after their birth mother had died, became redeemed sons of their great uncle and espoused aunt—widower Joseph the Carpenter and the Virgin Mariam—and in compliance with Hebrew law(Leviticus 25:49 ff.), resided with them for a debenture of six years.
Maria denoted as Μαρία is found in these multiple confirming manuscripts:
- Matthew 27.56: Washingtonianus, Alexandrinus, Bezae, Regius, Boreelianus, Cyprius,
Matthew 27.61: Washingtonianus, Alexandrinus, Bezae, Regius, Boreelianus, Cyprius, Sangallensis
Matthew 28.1: Alexandrinus, Bezae, Regius, Boreelianus, Cyprius,
Mark 15.40: Alexandrinus, Siniticus, Regius, Cyprius,
Mark 15.47: Regius, Cyprius, Alexandrinus
Mark 16.1: Alexandrinus, Regius, Cyprius,
Luke 24.10: 𝔓75, Washingtonianus, Regius, Boreelianus, Cyprius,
John 19.25: Washingtonianus, Bezae, Cyprius,
source: http://www.csntm .
- The Gospel of Mary;
Acts of Philip;
Pistis Sophia;
Psalm 6 of Heracleides;