If you liked "Da Vinci Code," may I suggest "The Wild Girl?"

[villager]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0749391146/sr=8-1/qid=1147109691/ref=sr_1_1/104-1546884-9369513?%5Fencoding=UTF8

It came twenty years earlier -- a novel purporting to be a "lost gospel" of Mary Magdalene and covering much of the same gnostic/hidden goddess turf...

I think I'm due to re-read it!

[MadMaddie]

1. Another book to add to my list....that's two tonight...

Thanks!:hi:

[station agent]

2. What do you recommend for those who did not like it?

I haven't seen it yet, but that's just because I read it.

[villager]

9. "The Wild Girl!"

:7

[Roland99]

11. How about The DaVinci Code Decoded?

http://www.davincicodedecoded.com/

[eleny]

3. Paperback at Amazon: "2 used & new available from $67.41"

Wow!

[villager]

5. yeah -- it seems to be rare and out of print, alas

I'm advocating a US edition -- we need it back in print. It may be cheaper ordering through the Amazon UK site, I dunno...

[sam sarrha]

4. Mary was not a Ho, the word translates as 'a woman from a city', she was

an educated woman from a nonTribal metropolitan area, apparently shunned because she had knowledge of the real world. and the Tribal elements didn't want her infecting the locals with Liberal/progressive ideas.

she was a full fledged disciple she had access to the womens groups and probably taught them Jesus teachings while they were probably put way back away from the men so they couldn't hear what was going on

[Gabi Hayes]

6. thanks...just ordered it via interlibrary loan

hope it's better than DaVinci Code

I sorta like the 'historical' part. the 'thriller' part was as lame and contrived as any Ludlum, Coonts, Jack Higgins....you name it

[Gabi Hayes]

7. thanks...just ordered it via interlibrary loan

TWICE!

[eleny]

8. Lucky you!

I tried our "prospector" service and it doesn't even show up on the radar. It's not available anywhere in my area. I'm keeping my eyes peeled at the thrift shop since you never know what can pop up there.

[Roland99]

10. How about just reading one of these?

The Gospels of Mary: The Secret Tradition of Mary Magdalene, the Companion of Jesus - Marvin W. Meyer, Esther A. De Boer
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0060727918&itm=4

Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle - Karen L. King
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0944344585&itm=2


And for some speculation/theory:

The Magdalene Legacy: The Jesus and Mary Bloodline Conspiracy - Laurence Gardner
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&isbn=0760775966&itm=3

[villager]

12. Let's get a syllabus going! Thanks for the additions!

n/t

[Lisa]

13. and Laurie R. King's mystery novel, "A Letter of Mary"

She has Sherlock Holmes dealing with a bombshell of a Biblical document.

[villager]

14. wow! Plent of "heresy" for us all to catch up on!

Or is that "her-esy?"