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'''Salome''' is an [[Aramaic]] name mentioned by the historian [[Josephus]] in the first century, a name also mentioned twice 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 {{bible ref|Mark|15|40}} and {{bibleref|Mark|16|1-8}}

'''Salome''' is an [[Aramaic]] name mentioned by the historian [[Josephus]] in the first century, a name also mentioned twice in the [[Gospel of Mark]].  Without explanation, [[Salome]] is referenced by Mark as a witness to the [[Crucifixion]] and to an [[angel]] declaring the [[Resurrection]].  See {{bible ref|Mark|15|40}} and {{bibleref|Mark|16|1-8}}

 

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 potentially consistent with the [[Gospel of Matthew]] (see {{bibleref|Matthew|27|56}}) which describes her as having been an observer from a distance to the [[Crucifixion]], but omits her from the group that visited the tomb.  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 potentially consistent with the [[Gospel of Matthew]] (see {{bibleref|Matthew|27|56}}) which describes her as having been an observer from a distance to the [[Crucifixion]], but omits her from the group that visited the tomb.  But stronger factors suggest that Salome was actually Mark's mother: