Martha

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Martha is a Hebrew female given name .

variants

Origin and meaning

Martha is Hebrew ( מרתה Martâ ) and means "the mistress " or "the mistress".

frequency

The name found its way into German naming in the Middle Ages. From the 18th century the name was given more often. In 1903 Martha was number 1 of the most common female first names. Between 1890 and 1906 the name was consistently in the top five. From 1890 to 1915 the name was always in the top ten places. In 1927 the name disappeared from the 30 most common given names. To this day it has never been placed in the top 30 first names again.

Bible

The Gospel of Luke ( Lk 10.38-42  EU ) depicts Martha of Bethany as the sister of Mary of Bethany . Jesus comes to her ( Lk 10.38  EU ). According to the Gospel of John ( Joh 11,17-44  EU ) she is the sister of Lazarus and testifies to the resurrection of her brother. It is therefore of great importance within this pericope. During the anointing of Jesus, however, her role can be interpreted as secondary compared to that of her sister Mary ( Jn 12 : 1-11  EU ).

The description of Martha in Luke ( Lk 10.38-42  EU ) is comparable to that in the Gospel of John ( John 11-12, EU  EU ), especially her behavior during the dialogue with Jesus. One thesis is that the evangelist Johannes introduces Martha as a mouthpiece for his own theology.

According to a legend , Martha left Palestine after the death of Jesus around the year 48 and moved to Provence with her sister Maria (possibly: Maria Magdalena ) and her brother Lazarus . Martha first settled in Avignon (now France ), after which she moved to Tarascon , where a dragon threatened the people . Martha defeated the dragon and probably died in Tarascon, where she was also buried.

Later traditions

One interpretation of the mention of Martha is that the occurrence of diaconal action by women should be proven. A feminist interpretation suggests that the rebuke of Martha ( Lk 10.42  EU ) was added in order to restrict the position of women within the church.

Patron saint

Martha is the patron saint of housewives . As the older of the two sisters, she was responsible for the household. In the Catholic, Protestant and Anglican churches, their feast day is July 29th. Orthodox memorial day is June 4th.

music

Friedrich von Flotow's opera Martha was premiered on November 25, 1847 in Vienna.

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Others

  • Martha (1974) , German feature film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Martha , former OMV petrol brand (from 1965) in Austria

literature

  • Raymond F. Collins, Art. Martha. In: David Noel Freedman (Ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Doubleday 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , Vol. 4, pp. 573-574.

Web links

Commons : Martha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Flag of Slovenia.svg Frequency, regional distribution and age cohort distribution of the name Marta in Slovenia

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rosa and Volker Kohlheim: The large first name dictionary . 3rd completely revised edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2 , p. 290.
  2. ↑ The most popular first names of 1903
  3. ↑ Martha / Marta. Popular-Vornamen.de
  4. ↑ Raymond F. Collins, Art. Martha. In: David Noel Freedman (Ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Doubleday 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , Vol. 4, p. 573.
  5. ↑ Raymond F. Collins, Art. Martha. In: David Noel Freedman (Ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Doubleday 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , Vol. 4, p. 573.
  6. ↑ Raymond F. Collins, Art. Martha. In: David Noel Freedman (Ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Doubleday 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , Vol. 4, p. 574.
  7. ↑ Raymond F. Collins, Art. Martha. In: David Noel Freedman (Ed.), The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Doubleday 1992, ISBN 3-438-01121-2 , Vol. 4, p. 573.