Corinth 172, 175
1 Corinthians 168
hidden wisdom 195
Jesus 162–3, 167
resurrection 72, 157, 168–9
women 47, 166
2 Corinthians 168
Correggio, Antonio 146, 278
Counter-Reformation 284
crucifixion 1, 5–6, 44, 81, 110–12, 113–19, 114, 117, 120, 197
Cybele 175
D
Da Vinci Code, The (Brown) xi, 100, 213, 293–6
Dance of the Seven Veils 30
Dante 213, 265, 271, 275
David, King 15, 16, 139
Dead Sea 24, 31
Deborah 50
Demeter 172, 175, 178
Demetrius 228, 231
Denis, St 245
devils 66–9, 233–5
Dialogue of the Saviour 192, 202, 211
Dionysius the Great 223, 231
Dionysus 172
Dioscuri 169, 171–2
disciples 151
after ascension 160
in Gospel of Thomas 204
Great Commission 126, 201–2
Jesus washing feet 101
Last Supper 96–101, 97, 99, 100, 102
resurrection 169, 181
see also apostles; individual disciples
Dominic, St see Guzmán
Dominicans 247, 249–50, 255, 257, 258, 260–2, 263–4
Domitian 175, 218
Donatello 272, 273
Doré, Gustave 117, 160
Doubting Thomas see Thomas
dualism 215, 250, 251–2
Dulcis Amica Dei (Petrarch) 269
Durrell, Lawrence 259
E
Egypt 34
ankhs 230, 231
Christianity 181–2, 184–94, 185, 197–202, 226–32
Flight into Egypt 21
gnosticism 190–4, 197–202, 232
Hellenism 172
Isis 227, 229, 232
Jews 54–5, 59
Nag Hammadi Library 190–2, 191, 193
Ramses III 230
Ramses VI 196
Sub Tuum Praesidium 223
Ehrman, Bart 213
Elliman, Yvonne x Ephesus 172, 243
Ephrem the Syrian 235
Epiphanius 200
epistles 164, 181, 184, 192
Essenes 24
Eucharist 97, 97, 98
Eusebius 13, 184, 228
Evangelikon 179–81
evil 197–8
Exodus 69
Ezekiel 135
F
Ficino, Marsilio 273, 275, 276
Fires (Yourcenar) 36
Flight into Egypt 21
Florence 273–4, 276–8
Fludd, Robert 198
Fournier, Jacques 253, 260, 263
see also Benedict XII
Fowles, John 287
France 241–3
Cathars 250–4, 255, 257–62
Mary Magdalene 241–4, 246, 248–9, 254–5, 261–5, 268–9
Francis, Pope 12
Francke, Meister 127
French Lieutenant’s Woman, The (Fowles) 287
G
Galatians (epistle) 168
Jesus 167
Paul and disciples 166
Paul’s conversion 162
Paul’s missionary journeys 183
resurrection 195
Galilee 10, 33–4
Herod Antipas 23
Jesus’ birth 4
Jesus’ ministry 1, 3, 4, 6, 8–9, 34, 38–42, 46–8, 63–4, 65
Jewish Revolt 19
Mary Magdalene 137
Nicodemus 106
Romans 25
see also Cana; Capernaum; Magdala; Sea of Galilee
Genesis
Adam and Eve 206, 212
circumcision 28
creation 67
Migdal Eder 14, 15
Gethsemane 101–3, 106, 111, 134, 145, 146, 146–8, 150
Giampietrino 279
Gibson, Mel xi
Gill, Eric 89, 114, 125, 131
Giotto 27, 84, 92, 155, 270
Giovanni da San Gimignano 261–2
Glastonbury 245
gnosticism 188–90, 194–5, 224, 226, 232, 238, 297–8
battle for authority 226–32, 297
Cathars 250–4, 255, 257–62
and Celsus 219
Dialogue of the Saviour 211
Gospel of Mary Magdalene 207–10, 209
Gospel of Philip 212–14
Gospel of Thomas 203–7
gospels 190–4, 202, 232
knowledge, mystery and evil 195–202
Mary Magdalene xi, 202, 204–16, 236
Golden Legend (Voragine) 239, 240–1, 243–4, 248
Golgotha 111, 115, 120
Gospel of Jesus’ Wife 298–9
Gospel of Mary Magdalene 190, 192, 202, 206, 207–10, 209
Gospel of Philip 192, 202, 212–14
Gospel of the Egyptians 193, 199
Gospel of Thomas 191, 192, 195, 202, 203–7
gospels 3, 165–6, 181, 192, 197, 215
authority 282–3, 290
in Egypt 219
infancy narratives 4, 219–20, 224
language 22
Mary Magdalene 164, 167
resurrection 181
see also John; Luke; Mark; Matthew
Gratus, Valerius 104
Great Commission 126, 201–2
Great Questions of Mary 200
Greece
gnosticism 232
Jews 59
Greek language 9–10, 21–2, 54, 55
Greeks 10, 34, 58, 59, 76
see also Hellenism
Gregory I, Pope, the Great x, 232–5, 236, 237, 238, 282
Gregory of Nyssa 294
Gurion family 95, 136, 137, 150
Guzmán, Dominic de 255, 257, 260
gypsies 242, 245
H
Hadrian 187–8, 189, 217
Hanway, James 286
Hasmoneans 10–11, 34, 57, 58, 76
Hebrew 21–2, 54
Helena 14, 244
Heliopolis 186
Hellenism 21
Egypt 171, 172, 187
Herod the Great 22–3, 171
Herod Antipas 23, 76, 77–8
Jews 23–6, 38, 42, 53–7, 59, 76, 77–8, 139
and Renaissance 276
Tarsus 159
and women 44–5
Heraclas 231
Herod the Great 21, 22, 58
Caesarea 22, 171
and Jews 77
Magdala 11
massacre of the innocents 20–1
Temple 22–73
Herod Antipas 20, 24, 25
and brother’s wife 29–30, 65, 69
court 69–72
first wife 69
and Jesus 42, 63, 78–9, 109–10
and Jews 77–8
and John the Baptist 28–31, 29, 42, 70, 77, 78
Sepphoris 71, 76
Tiberias 23, 34, 60–2, 65–6, 76, 77
Herodians 24, 33, 34
Herodias 29, 30
Herodotus 172
Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, The (Baigent, Leigh and Lincoln) 295–6
Holy Spirit 158–9
Horus 171, 172, 227, 228
humanism 274, 275, 276
I
‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’ x
ieros gamos 176, 177
Ignatius of Antioch 144
Innocent III, Pope 257
Innocent IV, Pope 258, 260
Innocents Abroad (Twain) 10
Irenaeus 180, 181, 187, 190, 250
Isaiah 99, 169
Isis 169–72, 169, 173, 174–5, 174, 176, 177, 201, 227, 229, 232, 295
and Mary, mother of Jesus 227, 229, 231–2
Istanbul, Chora Church 180
J
Jairus 151
James, brother of Jesus 159, 166, 169
James, son of Alphaeus 47
James, son of Zebedee 47, 171
in garden of Gethsemane 150
and Paul 166
relics 245
resurrection 157
James, Henry 52
Jeremiah 107, 186
Jericho 147
Jerome, St 13, 36, 126, 282
Jerusalem
David 16
Helena’s visit 14
and Herod Antipas 77
Jesus’ entry into 1, 6, 64, 79–80, 81, 82–5, 84, 149–50
Jesus movement 159–60, 164
Last Supper 96–101
and Mary Magdalene 138
as pagan city 179, 189
Pool of Siloam 94, 96–7
population 57
siege and fall 164, 165
Via Dolorosa 111
water supply 94, 96–7, 136
see also Temple
Jesus
anointing at Bethany 88–92, 89, 102, 113, 138, 153, 177, 233
anointing at Capernaum 89–90, 112, 233
anointing of body 91–2, 131, 132–3
arrest 101–2, 103, 145, 146, 150
baptising 31
baptism of 26, 27
birth and childhood 4, 21, 74, 219
brought before Pontius Pilate 108–10, 109
burial 1, 3, 6, 76, 112, 113, 119–23, 121, 138, 145
as carpenter 73–4
crucifixion 1, 5–6, 44, 81, 110–12, 113–19, 114, 117, 120, 197
and disciples 16–17, 47, 48, 66–7, 126, 201–2
driving out devils 66–7, 67, 68
entry into Jerusalem 1, 6, 81, 82–5, 84, 149–50
family 148, 213, 226
Flight into Egypt 21
followers 140
and gentiles 38–9
in Gethsemane 101, 150
in gnosticism 195
as Good Shepherd 15–16, 17, 75
in Gospel of Thomas 203–4
Great Commission 126, 201–2
and Herod Antipas 78–9
illegitimacy 220–1
in Jericho 147
and Jews 38–9, 41
and John the Baptist 26, 31, 42, 82, 88
and Joseph of Arimathea 76, 79, 95, 104, 138–9
Last Supper 96–101, 102
and Lazarus 91, 92–3, 92, 152–4
loaves and fishes 31–2, 63
marriage at Cana 4–5, 34–7, 35, 74, 76, 138
and Mary Magdalene xi, 3–4, 36–8, 113, 212–14, 291, 298
ministry in Galilee 1, 3, 4, 6, 8–9, 38–42, 40, 46–8, 63–4, 64, 65, 122
and mother 3, 4–5, 6, 122
name 55
and Nicodemus 76, 79, 95, 104–6, 134–6, 135, 138–9
parable of the profligate son 40–1, 119
in Paul’s epistles 167
and Pharisees 24, 78, 79, 93, 95
plot against 33, 93, 101–2, 103
as rabbi 74
raising from the dead 91, 92–3, 92, 151–4
resurrection 2–3, 2, 6, 37, 44, 64, 81, 124, 125, 126–34, 127, 128, 154–7, 155, 168–9, 177–9, 180, 181, 197
and Sadducees 78
and Sanhedrin 104
and Sea of Galilee 34
in Secret Gospel of Mark 141, 143
Sermon on the Mount 41, 42, 119
social status 74, 76, 138–9
and Temple 74, 85–8, 87
and Tiberias 65
tomb in Jerusalem 264
trial 103, 105, 106–8, 150–1
washing disciples’ feet 101
and women 43–6, 45
Jesus Christ Superstar x
Jewish-Roman War 19, 26, 136–7
Jews 59
AD 6 uprising 25
baptism 26–8
Bar Kokhba revolt 179, 218
burial customs 119–20, 122
circumcision 28
Egypt 54–5, 59, 186, 187
Galilee 34
Hellenism 23, 25–6, 38, 42, 53–7, 59, 76, 139
and Herod Antipas 77
Jerusalem 85
Jerusalem sect 159–60
and Jesus 38–9, 41
Jewish-Roman War 19, 26, 136–7
messiah 178
Palestine 23–4, 58, 59
and Romans 25
and Tiberias 65, 66
visiting family tombs 132
women 44–5, 49–51, 53, 206
see also Herodians; Pharisees; Sadducees; Sanhedrin
Joanna, wife of Chuza 8, 9, 20, 51, 60, 66, 69–70, 139
devils 68
Jesus’ resurrection 132
and John the Baptist 30, 31, 33
subsequent life 72, 73
John 47, 100, 101, 171
in garden of Gethsemane 150
Last Supper 96
and Paul 166
John the Baptist, St 4, 20, 26, 27, 76, 78–9
baptism rite 26–8, 31, 33
death 28–31, 29, 42, 77, 78
and Essenes 24
family 73, 139
and Herod Antipas 65, 70
and Jesus 82, 88
and Mary Magdalene 39
mission 46
John the Evangelist 99, 101
in Golden Legend 239, 241
Jesus’ trial 106
and Mary Magdalene 36, 37, 241
see also John (gospel)
John of Patmos 101
John (gospel) 81, 165, 166, 192
anointing at Bethany 90–1, 92, 102, 113, 138, 233
cleansing the Temple 86
crucifixion 5–6, 113, 115, 118–19, 120, 122, 139
disciples 151
in Egypt 219
entry into Jerusalem 149–50
fishermen 16
Jesus’ baptism 4
Jesus’ birth 4
Jesus’ burial 120, 122, 123
Jesus’ illegitimacy 221
Jesus as rabbi 74
Jesus’ trial 107, 108, 150–1
Jesus washing disciples’ feet 101
John the Baptist 26, 32
Joseph of Arimathea 76
Last Supper 98, 100
Lazarus 148, 149, 152–3, 154
marriage at Cana 34–7, 74, 76
Mary, mother of Jesus 3, 5–6, 224
Mary Magdalene ix–x, 6, 10, 113, 137
Nicodemus 95, 104, 105–6, 134
plot against Jesus 93, 95
Pontius Pilate 110
raising of Lazarus 91, 92
resurrection 6, 128, 132, 133, 154–6
Tiberias 62
John VIII Paleologus 274
Joseph (father of Jesus) 73, 74, 221, 226
Joseph of Arimathea 76, 79, 95, 104, 106, 133–4, 138–9
Jesus’ burial 79, 120, 122, 145
relics 245
Josephus, Flavius 19, 32
crucifixions 115
Galilee 33–4
high priest of Israel 139
Jerusalem 164, 165
John the Baptist 26, 28, 30, 31
Navigium Isidis 175
Pharisees 23–4, 129
Pontius Pilate 86
Sepphoris 76
Tarichaea 19
Tiberias 65–6
women 50–1
Joshua 14
Judaism see Jews
Judas/Jude 47
Judas Iscariot 47, 90, 100, 102
Judea 23, 25, 222
Bar Kokhba revolt 179, 218
Jewish-Roman War 19, 26, 136–7
Junia 72, 73, 166
see also Joanna, wife of Chuza
Justin Martyr 180, 181
Justinian 232
K
King, Karen xi, 207, 296, 298, 298–9
L
Lacordaire, Henri 249
Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy 253–4
Landino, Cristoforo 275
Languedoc 250–4, 255, 257–62
Last Supper 96–101, 97, 99, 100, 102
Last Supper (Leonardo) 99–101, 99, 100, 279, 2
95
Last Temptation of Christ, The x–xi
Laura de Noves 265, 266, 267, 269–71
Lazarus 90, 91, 99, 101, 102, 141, 148–51
in France 242, 243
in Golden Legend 240–1
at Jesus’ trial 107
raising from dead 92–3, 92, 148, 151, 152–4
in Secret Gospel of Mark 141
tomb 149, 152
Lebanon 232
Leda and the Swan (Leonardo) 279
Lefebvre, Jules Joseph 285
Lefèvre d’Etaples, Jacques 282, 290
Leigh, Richard 295–6
Leonardo Da Vinci
Last Supper 99–101, 99, 100, 279, 295
and Mary Magdalene 279, 280, 281
Levi see Matthew (evangelist)
Leviticus 29
lighthouses 16, 17, 170–1, 170, 240
Lincoln, Henry 295–6
London 285–9
Lourdes 290
Luke (evangelist, St Luke) 72, 286
Luke (gospel) 81, 165, 192
anointing at Capernaum 89–90, 112, 132, 233, 235
cleansing the Temple 87–8
crucifixion 44, 113, 115
devils 66, 67, 234–5
disciples 37, 160
in Egypt 219, 220, 231
entry into Jerusalem 80, 82–3
Gethsemane 101
Herod Antipas 63, 72
infancy narrative 4, 21, 219–20, 224
Jesus 37
Jesus’ arrest 101–2
Jesus’ burial 120–1
Jesus and the centurion 25
Jesus’ childhood 74, 82
Jesus’ illegitimacy 220–1
Jesus as messiah 63
Jesus’ ministry in Galilee 40–1
Jesus’ trial 107
Jesus and women 43, 44, 45
Joanna 9, 20, 51
John the Baptist 26, 73, 139
Joseph of Arimathea 76, 104
Last Supper 96, 97, 98
loaves and fishes 63
Martha and Mary 91
Mary, mother of Jesus 4, 224
Mary Magdalene 6, 8–9, 10, 20, 66, 81, 112–13, 137, 206
ministry in Galilee 6, 8–9, 32–3, 40–1, 48
parable of the profligate son 40–1, 119
Peter’s denial of Jesus 106
Pharisees 79
Pontius Pilate 108–9, 110
resurrection 6, 44, 128, 131–2
sinner woman ix, 89–90, 112, 132, 235, 240, 262, 282
Luther, Martin 282–3, 283, 284, 290
M
Machaerus 31
madelines 288
Magadan 13, 16, 57
Magdala 10–14, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 34, 57, 76
Magdalene House for the Reception of Penitent Prostitutes 285–6
Manaen 70–2
Manetho 172
Mar Saba 141, 142
Marcion 179–81
Mark (evangelist, St Mark)
and Egypt 184, 185, 186, 187
relics 245
Mark (gospel) 81, 126–7, 165–6, 192
anointing at Bethany 88, 89, 90–1, 92, 112
crucifixion 6, 113, 115, 116–17
devils 68, 233, 234
disciples 17, 37
in Egypt 219
entry into Jerusalem 82
Gethsemane 150
Great Commission 126, 201–2
Jericho 147