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'''Salome''' is mentioned only in the [[Gospel of Mark]], and not anywhere else in the [[Bible]].  Without explanation, she is referenced by Mark as a witness to the [[Crucifixion]] and to an [[angel]] declaring the [[Resurrection]].  See {{bibleref|Mark|16|1-8}}  Was she Mark's mother?

'''Salome''' is an [[Aramaic]] name mentioned by the historian [[Josephus]] in the first century, which is also mentioned once in the [[Bible]] (in the [[Gospel of Mark]]).  Without explanation, she is referenced by Mark as a witness to the [[Crucifixion]] and to an [[angel]] declaring the [[Resurrection]].  See {{bibleref|Mark|16|1-8}}  Was she Mark's mother?

Academic biblical scholars who downplay the significance of the [[Trumpian Gospel]] style of Mark suggest that Salome was the mother of the sons (James and [[John the Apostle|John]]) of Zebedee, as that seems consistent with the [[Gospel of Matthew]] (see {{bibleref|Matthew|27|56}}).  But stronger factors suggest that Salome was actually Mark's mother:

Academic biblical scholars who downplay the significance of the [[Trumpian Gospel]] style of Mark suggest that Salome was the mother of the sons (James and [[John the Apostle|John]]) of Zebedee, as that seems consistent with the [[Gospel of Matthew]] (see {{bibleref|Matthew|27|56}}).  But stronger factors suggest that Salome was actually Mark's mother: