Catherine Bartlett has a double award PhD (2017) from the University of Kent (UK) and the University of Strasbourg (France) in Comparative Literature (French, German, English). She taught French at the University of the West of England, the University of Bath and the University of Surrey. Previous publications include The Stranger in Early Modern and Modern Jewish Tradition, which she co-edited with Professor Joachim Schlör (2021).

• CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.- PART 1: THE MYTH OF MARY MAGDALENE.- CHAPTER 2: MARY MAGDALENE AND THE BEAUTIFUL JEWESS.- CHAPTER 3: THE EXOTIC AND TOXIC BEAUTY OF THE ORIENT.- CHAPTER 4: LOVE AND EMANCIPATION.- PART 2: THE MYTH OF JUDAS.- CHAPTER 5: JUDAS OR SHYLOCK.- CHAPTER 6: PORTRAIT OF A VILLAIN AND HIS DEN.- CHAPTER 7: TRAITOR AND VICTIM.- PART 3: THE MYTH OF THE WANDERING JEW.- CHAPTER 8: CARTAPHILUS, AHASVER AND ISAAC LAQUEDEM.- CHAPTER 9: EUROPEAN MEMORY OF THE DIVINE.- PART 4: THE JEWISH RESPONSE.- CHAPTER 10: THE ANTI-MYTH OF THE DAUGHTER OF JEPHTHAH.- CHAPTER 11: JEWISH MATERIALISM AND CHARITY.- CHAPTER 12: CONCLUSION.

Catherine Bartlett has a double award PhD (2017) from the University of Kent (UK) and the University of Strasbourg (France) in Comparative Literature (French, German, English). She taught French at the University of the West of England, the University of Bath and the University of Surrey. Previous publications include The Stranger in Early Modern and Modern Jewish Tradition, which she co-edited with Professor Joachim Schlör (2021).

• CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.- PART 1: THE MYTH OF MARY MAGDALENE.- CHAPTER 2: MARY MAGDALENE AND THE BEAUTIFUL JEWESS.- CHAPTER 3: THE EXOTIC AND TOXIC BEAUTY OF THE ORIENT.- CHAPTER 4: LOVE AND EMANCIPATION.- PART 2: THE MYTH OF JUDAS.- CHAPTER 5: JUDAS OR SHYLOCK.- CHAPTER 6: PORTRAIT OF A VILLAIN AND HIS DEN.- CHAPTER 7: TRAITOR AND VICTIM.- PART 3: THE MYTH OF THE WANDERING JEW.- CHAPTER 8: CARTAPHILUS, AHASVER AND ISAAC LAQUEDEM.- CHAPTER 9: EUROPEAN MEMORY OF THE DIVINE.- PART 4: THE JEWISH RESPONSE.- CHAPTER 10: THE ANTI-MYTH OF THE DAUGHTER OF JEPHTHAH.- CHAPTER 11: JEWISH MATERIALISM AND CHARITY.- CHAPTER 12: CONCLUSION.

Catherine Bartlett has a double award PhD (2017) from the University of Kent (UK) and the University of Strasbourg (France) in Comparative Literature (French, German, English). She taught French at the University of the West of England, the University of Bath and the University of Surrey. Previous publications include The Stranger in Early Modern and Modern Jewish Tradition, which she co-edited with Professor Joachim Schlör (2021).

• CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.- PART 1: THE MYTH OF MARY MAGDALENE.- CHAPTER 2: MARY MAGDALENE AND THE BEAUTIFUL JEWESS.- CHAPTER 3: THE EXOTIC AND TOXIC BEAUTY OF THE ORIENT.- CHAPTER 4: LOVE AND EMANCIPATION.- PART 2: THE MYTH OF JUDAS.- CHAPTER 5: JUDAS OR SHYLOCK.- CHAPTER 6: PORTRAIT OF A VILLAIN AND HIS DEN.- CHAPTER 7: TRAITOR AND VICTIM.- PART 3: THE MYTH OF THE WANDERING JEW.- CHAPTER 8: CARTAPHILUS, AHASVER AND ISAAC LAQUEDEM.- CHAPTER 9: EUROPEAN MEMORY OF THE DIVINE.- PART 4: THE JEWISH RESPONSE.- CHAPTER 10: THE ANTI-MYTH OF THE DAUGHTER OF JEPHTHAH.- CHAPTER 11: JEWISH MATERIALISM AND CHARITY.- CHAPTER 12: CONCLUSION.