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PHOTO: PRISMA ARCHIVO / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO

ON THE COVER: This delicately carved panel of walrus ivory from 12th-century Germany offers a medieval depiction of the “three myrrh-bearers,” one of whom is identified as St. Salome, as they approach the empty tomb of Jesus and the angel stationed there. But who was Salome, and how does she fit into traditions about Jesus and his followers?