Jesus’ arrest 102, 145–6, 150
Jesus’ baptism 4
Jesus’ birth 4
Jesus’ burial 6, 120, 121, 145–7
Jesus as carpenter 73–4
Jesus’ family 213, 226
Jesus’ illegitimacy 221
Jesus raising from the dead 151, 153–4
Jesus’ trial 107, 108
John the Baptist 26, 27–8, 29–30, 31, 42, 70
Joseph of Arimathea 76
Last Supper 96, 97, 98
Mary, mother of Jesus 4, 6, 224
Mary Magdalene 6, 10, 112, 113
ministry in Galilee 6, 38, 39, 42
Pharisees 33
plot against Jesus 144
Pontius Pilate 108–9, 110
resurrection 6, 124, 126–8, 130, 132, 156, 181
Salome 148
Secret Gospel of Mark 141–8
Mark Antony 170, 174
Marmande 259–60
Marseilles 243, 248
Martha, sister of Lazarus 90, 91, 141, 152–3
in France 242
in Golden Legend 240–1
Mary, daughter of Nicodemus 137
Mary, mother of James 116, 124, 130, 132, 148, 242
see also Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary, mother of Jesus 3, 4–7, 122, 293
as adulteress 220–1, 222
in Fra Angelico 98
in Golden Legend 240
in gospels 224, 226
and Gregory the Great 236, 237, 238
Immaculate Conception 290, 293
Jesus’ burial 120, 122
marriage at Cana 34–5, 36, 45
and Mary Magdalene 235
and ministry in Galilee 4, 122
as Mother of God 6, 223–4, 225, 226, 229, 231–2
passivity 216
perpetual virginity 148, 226, 238, 293
retired to Ephesus 243
and Sophia 236
see also Mary, mother of James
Mary, sister of Lazarus (Mary of Bethany) 141, 147–8, 235, 282, 298
anointing at Bethany 90, 102, 113, 138, 177, 233
raising Lazarus from the dead 91, 92–3, 152–3
Mary, wife of Cleophas 122
Mary Magdalene 3–4, 5, 52, 81, 158, 164–7, 298–9
anointing Jesus 91–2, 112, 113, 131, 132, 133, 282
and Bethany 141
and Cathars xi, 216, 252, 253, 259, 261, 298
in Celsus 219
in The Da Vinci Code xi, 213, 293–6, 299
devils 66–8, 67, 69, 112, 233–4
in Dialogue of the Saviour 211
and Dominicans 247, 249–50, 255, 261–2, 263–4
and Egypt 184, 185, 186–7
in Ephesus 243
feast day of ix–x
in films x–xi
in Fra Angelico 2, 98–9
in France 241–3, 242, 245, 263
and Galilee 137
and gnosticism xi–xii, 192, 193, 201, 202, 204–16, 236, 250, 297–8
in Golden Legend 240–1, 243, 248
in Gospel of Philip 212–14
in Gospel of Thomas 204–7
Great Questions of Mary 200
and Herod Antipas’ court 138
and Jerusalem 138
Jesus’ burial 1, 3, 6, 120–2, 121, 122, 123
in Jesus Christ Superstar x
Jesus’ crucifixion 1, 3, 6, 110–12, 116, 118, 119
Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem 1, 6, 82
Jesus’ ministry in Galilee 1, 3, 6, 8–9
Jesus’ resurrection ix–x, 2–3, 2, 6, 64, 124, 125, 126, 127–8, 128, 130, 131–4, 154, 155, 156–7, 181
as Jesus’ wife xi, 36–8, 291, 298–300
and John the Baptist 39
and John the Evangelist 36, 37
in John’s gospel 113
in Leonardo’s Last Supper 99–100, 100
and Lazarus 141, 148
and Leonardo Da Vinci 99–100, 100, 279, 280, 281
in Luke’s gospel 112–13
and Magdala 10, 12, 13–14, 19
name 9–10, 14–17, 240
and Nicodemus 79, 139
in nineteenth-century writing and the arts 290–3, 292
and Paul 166–7
as penitent 271, 272, 273, 279, 284, 290–1, 298
and Petrarch 265, 268–9, 271
in Pistis Sophia 211–12
and prostitutes 285–6, 288
Reformation and Counter-Reformation 284
relics 243–4, 246, 248–9, 254–5, 255, 262, 263–4
in Renaissance 268–9, 271, 273, 276, 277–8, 277, 279, 280, 281
and Rossetti 291, 292, 298
at Sainte Baume 263–5, 264, 271, 278, 279, 284, 285
skull 254–5, 255, 262
as tower 14–17
as whore x–xi, 7, 232–5, 234, 238, 285–6, 288
see also Gospel of Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene (Gill) 89
Mary Magdalene at the Door of Simon the Pharisee (Rossetti) 291, 292, 298
massacre of the innocents 20–1
Matthew (evangelist, St Matthew) 39, 47, 210
Matthew (gospel) 81, 165, 192
anointing at Bethany 88, 89, 90–1, 92, 112
cleansing the Temple 86
crucifixion 6, 113, 115, 116, 117
devils 66, 234
disciples 37, 47
in Egypt 219, 220, 231
entry into Jerusalem 1, 82, 83–4
Flight into Egypt 21
Great Commission 202
Herod Antipas 79
infancy narrative 4, 219–20, 224
Jesus 37
Jesus’ burial 6, 120, 121
Jesus as carpenter 73
Jesus and the centurion 25
Jesus’ family 226
Jesus’ illegitimacy 220–1
Jesus raising from the dead 151, 153, 154
Jesus’ trial 103, 107, 108
Jesus and women 43
John the Baptist 26, 30, 31, 82
Joseph of Arimathea 76
Last Supper 96, 97, 98
Magdala 13
Mary, mother of Jesus 3, 4, 6, 224, 226
Mary Magdalene 6, 10, 113
massacre of the innocents 20–1
ministry in Galilee 6, 38, 41, 46
plot against Jesus 103
resurrection 6, 128, 129, 130–1, 132, 133
Sermon on the Mount 41, 42, 119
Maury, Pierre 254
Maximin 241, 242, 243, 244, 248
Maximin of Trier 244
Medici, Cosimo de 273, 276
Mejdal see Magdala
Memphis 186
Micah 15, 84, 107, 138
Migdal Eder 14, 15–16
migdal 14–17, 15, 17–19
Migdal Eder 14, 15–16, 138
Migdal El 14
Migdal Gad 14
Migdal Nunya 18, 19
Migdal Tsebaya 17–19
Minerve 259
Mont Ventoux 265–6, 268
Montaillou 253–4, 257
Montaillou (Ladurie) 253,
Montréal 259
Montségur 259, 261
Moore, R.I. 254
Moreau, Gustave 29
Mount of Olives 14, 82
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 223
mysteries 175–8, 177
N
Nabatea 69
Nag Hammadi Library 190–2, 191, 193, 212, 232, 297
see also Dialogue of the Saviour; Gospel of Philip; Gospel of Thomas
Nain 151–2
Nathanael see Bartholemew
Navigium Isidis 175
Nazareth 4, 76
Neapolis 172
Nero 218
New Magdalen, The (Collins) 291
New Testament 165–6, 168, 179, 181, 184, 192, 197
language 22
see also gospels; individual books
Nicodemus 76, 79, 94, 95, 96, 97, 133–4, 139–4
0
and Bethany 140
Gurion family 95, 136
and Jesus 76, 95, 134–6, 135, 138–9
Jesus’ burial 79, 113, 122–3, 138, 140
Jewish-Roman War 136, 137
and Mary Magdalene 139
name 139
plot against Jesus 104–7
No Name (Collins) 291
Noli Me Tangere (Fra Angelico) 2, 98–9
Noli Me Tangere (Giotto) 155
Nut 196
O
Old Testament migdal 14
see also individual books
Onias IV, 55
Origen 218, 219, 221, 223, 226, 228, 231, 232, 282, 290
Osiris 171, 172, 175, 176, 177, 187, 295
Oxyrhynchus 171, 203, 205, 207
Oxyrhynchus Litany 171, 172
P
Pagels, Elaine 296
Palestine
Christianity 14
Hellenism 22, 26, 57
population 57–9
women 44–5, 49–50, 53–4
Pantaenus 226, 228, 231
Pantera 220, 221, 222
Paphos 172
Paris 245
Passion of the Christ, The xi
Passover 85, 86, 93, 98
Paul 70–1, 72–3, 112, 159, 167, 197
in Acts of the Apostles 168
Apostolikon 179
conversion 161–4, 163
epistles 164, 165, 168, 181, 192, 197
and gnosticism 195
in Golden Legend 240
and Isis 169–70, 175
and Jesus 177–9, 195
and Marcion 179
martyrdom 164
and Mary Magdalene 166–7, 262
missionary journeys 70–1, 163–4, 172, 175, 183–4
and resurrection 157, 168–9
Stephen’s stoning 159, 160
and women 178–9
Paul VI, Pope ix
Pbow 192, 232
Pedretti, Carlo 279, 281
Pelagius, Pope 236
Pentecost 3, 6, 140, 158–9
Mary 6
Perea 8, 23
Persephone 172, 175, 178
Peter 17, 32, 34, 37, 47, 48, 49, 63, 167
in Acts of the Apostles 159, 168
burial place 264
denial of Jesus 97, 105, 106
in Egypt 184, 216
in Gethsemane 150
in gnostic gospels 205–7, 208, 209–10, 297
in Golden Legend 240
Jesus washing feet 101
at Last Supper 96
and Paul 166
and resurrection 132, 154–6, 157, 169
1 Peter (epistle) 184, 186–7
Petra 69, 183
Petrarch, Francesco 265–9, 267, 270–1, 273, 275
Pharisees 23–4, 26
and devils 68
and Herod Antipas 51, 77–8
and Jesus 33, 39, 78, 79, 93, 95
resurrection 129, 136
and Sanhedrin 104
see also Joseph of Arimathea; Nicodemus; Paul; Simon
Phasaelis 69
Phibionites 200, 201
Philemon 168
Philip 47
Philippe de Cabassoles 268
Philippi 172
Philippians (epistle) 168
Philo 59
Phoebe 166
Picknett, Lynn 295
Pilate, Pontius 76, 77, 85–6
Jesus brought before 105, 108–10, 109
Jesus’ burial 120, 122
Jesus’ tomb 129–30
Pistis Sophia 190, 192, 202, 206, 211–12
Plantard, Pierre 296
Plato 205
Plethon, Gemistus 273, 274, 276
Pliny 18
Plotinus 228
Plutarch 172, 174
Pollux 169, 171–2
Polycarp 187
Pool of Siloam 94, 96–7
Prince, Clive 295
Priory of Sion 295–6
Priscilla 166
prostitution 284–90
Psalm 22 118
Ptolemies 54–5
Ptolemy I Soter 54, 172
Ptolemy II Philadelphus 54, 56
Puccinelli, Angelo 39
R
Reformation 282–3
Rembrandt 135
Renaissance 263–81
Rennes-le-Château 295–6
resurrection 44, 64, 81, 127, 180, 181, 196, 197
doubts about 128–32
Jesus raising from the dead 151–4
and Mary Magdalene 2–3, 2, 6, 37, 124, 125, 126, 128, 154–7, 155
and New Testament canon 179–82
and Paul 168–9, 177–9
Revelation 67–8, 101, 165, 166, 181, 184, 192
Roda 186
Romans
AD 6 uprising 25
Bar Kokhba revolt 179, 218
and Christianity 217–18
crucifixions 114–16, 117, 119
Galilee 25, 34
Hellenism 22
Jerusalem 85–6, 189
Jewish-Roman War 19, 26, 136–7
Judea 25, 58
Magdala 10–11
see also Herod the Great; Herod Antipas; Pilate, Pontius
Romans (epistle) 72, 166, 167, 168, 178, 183, 214
Rome
Arch of Titus 165
as Babylon 184–6
Catacombs of San Callisto 75
Christianity 181, 184
Isis 173, 174–5, 174
Jews 59
Paul 183
plague 236, 237, 238
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel 291, 292, 299
S
sacred feminine 294–5
Sadducees 23, 24, 25, 104
and Herod Antipas 51, 77
and Jesus 78, 153–4
Saelden Hort, Der 37
St Gilles-en-Gard 234
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume 244, 248–9, 249, 254–5, 255, 262, 263–4
Sainte Baume 263–5, 264, 268–9, 271, 278, 279, 284, 285
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer 241–2, 243, 245, 248, 249
Salamis 172
Salome, daughter of Herodias 29, 30
Salome, wife of Zebedee 116, 124, 132, 147–8, 242
San Marco, Florence 97, 98–9
Sanhedrin 23, 85, 93, 95, 104, 136
burials 120
crucifixion 116
and Herod Antipas 77
Jesus’ tomb 127, 129–30, 133
Jesus’ trial 104–8, 110
and Stephen 161
Sarah 242, 245
Saul see Paul
Saunière, Bérenger 296
Savonarola, Girolamo 277–8
Schaberg, Jane 221, 296
Scorsese, Martin x–xi
Sea of Galilee 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 23, 31, 33–4, 40, 47, 64, 171
Sebastiano del Piombo 52, 121
Secret Gospel of Mark 141–8, 200
Sepphoris 71, 76
Septuagint 54, 56
Serapis 187–8
Sermon on the Mount 41, 42, 119
seven 67–8
sexual abstinence 199
sexual intercourse 200
Sigebert of Gembloux 246
Simon (disciple) 47
Simon (Pharisee) 89–90, 299
Simon of Cyrene 115
Simon the leper 88, 91
Simon Peter see Peter
Simone Martini 270–1
Sinai, Monastery of St Catherine 226
Smith, Morton 141, 143, 144, 145
Sophia 174, 193, 198–9, 198, 202, 211–12, 214, 236
see also Pistis Sophia
Sophocles 205
sorcery 68–9
Spain 183
spikenard 88–9, 90
Starbird, Margaret 296
Stead, W.T. 289
Stephen 159–61, 160
Stoic philosophy 159
Sub Tuum Praesidium 223
Susanna 8, 9, 66
Syria 34, 57, 59, 232
T
Tarichaea (Taricheae) 18–19
Tarsus 159, 170, 172
Twain, Mark 10
Tel Rakat 18
Templar Revelation, The (Picknett and Prince) 295
Temple 85, 93
destroyed by Romans 26, 137, 164
Greek language 54, 55
Herod the Great 22–3, 22, 73
high priest 104
Holy of Holies 127
Jesus’ childhood 74
Jesus cleansing 86–8, 87, 93
Sadducees 25, 51
Zechariah 73
Tertullian 180, 181, 190, 219, 235
Thaddeus 47
Theodore 141, 143
Theodosius 13
Theotokos 6, 223, 225, 229, 231–2
1 Thessalonians 168
Thomas 47, 156, 181
resurrection 156, 181
Thucydides 205
Tiberias 18, 23, 24, 34, 57, 60–2, 61, 62, 65–6, 68, 76, 77
Tiberius 23, 60
Tissot, James 22
Titus 136
towers 14–17, 15, 17–19, 17
see also lighthouses
Trajan 218
Trent, Council of 284, 299
Troad 172
True Word, The (Celsus) 217, 218–19, 220–3
Tyche 172
U
Utriusque Cosmi (Fludd) 198
V
Valentinus 195, 197–9, 211, 213
Vasari, Giorgio 270, 275
Venice 245
Vermes, Geza 4, 39, 130, 220, 224
Vézelay 243–4, 246, 248
Via Dolorosa 111
Voragine, Jacobus de 239, 240–1, 243, 248
W
War on Heresy, The (Moore) 254
Warner, Maria 293
water carrier 96–7
women
Cathars 253–4
in gnostic gospels 205–6, 297–8
goddesses 176, 178
in gospels 235
Hellenised 53–4
and Jesus 43–6, 45, 47
in Jewish society 48–51, 54
Paul 166, 178–9
at Pentecost 158–9
prostitution 285–90
salvation 28
sorcery 68–9
Y
Yourcenar, Marguerite 36
Z
Zealots 136–7
Zechariah (John the Baptist’s father) 73
Zechariah (Old Testament book) 1, 84
zoe 176
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Historian, writer, and photographer MICHAEL HAAG has written widely on the Egyptian, classical, and medieval worlds. He has broadcast for the BBC, and his journalism has appeared in newspapers and magazines in Britain, the United States, and the Middle East. He is the author of many books, most recently The Tragedy of the Templars and The Templars: The History and the Myth.
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Originally published in Great Britain in 2016 by Profile Books, Ltd.