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In the wake of the popularity of Dan Brown's new thriller novel "The Da Vinci Code", Margaret Starbird and a host of other writers are stacking the shelves of the major book stores with new books about Mary Magdalene, or at least in which Mary Magdalene plays a major role. Not the role of a "penitent sinner", or "lady of the city" [read that "lady of the street"] as the Church has long portrayed her, but as the |
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| ...Dr. Bob Holt's advantage over all these writers, and now even movie makers [at least 4 Mary Magdalene movies now planned for 2005], is that he read Dr. Barbara Thiering's book "Jesus and the Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls" in 1992, when it was published. He made a number of trips to Israel and the Dead Sea area in 1992-1997, and checked out her "Gospel Pesher" theories. And now is an expert user of the "Gospel Pesher" technique! |