I read the book this weekend. It really is a page turner, kept me up very late Friday and Saturday night.
One thing it's important to note - the author doesn't present the theories about Jesus and Mary Magdalene as if they are the actual truth, but as if they are theories of the characters in the book. He doesn't discount them, either.
One thing I learned which I thought was very interesting. Take a look at the recently restored "Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci. The figure on His right clearly is a woman, and if you take her out of the count, there are only 11 disciples in the painting. Then in the group of disciples on your left of the painting, Jesus's right, floating in the middle is a disembodied hand holding a knife. Weird.
http://artchive.floridaimaging.com/l/leonardo/lastsupp.jpgOne thing I learned which I thought was very interesting. Take a look at the recently restored "Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci. The figure on His right clearly is a woman, and if you take her out of the count, there are only 11 disciples in the painting. Then in the group of disciples on your left of the painting, Jesus's right, floating in the middle is a disembodied hand holding a knife. Weird.Not to be a party pooper, but that's no woman--it's the Apostle John, who was traditionally portrayed as a youth. And that "disembodied hand" belongs to the guy in pink. No knife, either.
