{"id":2347,"date":"2006-03-14T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-14T06:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/03\/shocker-mary-magdalene-not-a-prostitute\/"},"modified":"2006-03-14T06:11:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-14T06:11:00","slug":"shocker-mary-magdalene-not-a-prostitute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/03\/shocker-mary-magdalene-not-a-prostitute.html","title":{"rendered":"Shocker: Mary Magdalene not a prostitute!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Here\u2019s an odd tidbit from the latest report on the Da Vinci Code<\/a><\/i> trial<\/a>, courtesy of the Associated Press<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday three years to the week after \u201cThe Da Vinci Code\u201d was first published the multimillionaire writer found himself on the witness stand in courtroom 61 of London\u2019s High Court, denying accusations of copyright infringement from authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh.<\/p>\n

In a witness statement made public by lawyers as he took the stand, Brown said was \u201cshocked at their reaction\u201d to his book. But under questioning by the plaintiffs\u2019 lawyer, Brown acknowledged that he could not always recall exact dates of milestones in the creation of his novel. Both books explore theories dismissed by theologians that Mary Magdalene<\/a> was not a prostitute but Jesus\u2019 wife, the couple had a child and the bloodline survives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot possibly tell you the precise date I learned that Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute,\u201d Brown told attorney Jonathan Rayner James in front of a courtroom packed with journalists, religious skeptics and fans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, um, are Baigent and Leigh seriously trying to take credit for the idea that Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute? My Protestant friends have always been quick to point out that there is no biblical support for this idea, and there is no support for it in Orthodox tradition either. It\u2019s a uniquely Catholic thing.<\/p>\n

FWIW, my favorite line on this is this quote from E.P. Sanders\u2019 The Historical Figure of Jesus<\/a><\/i> (pages 74-75): \u201cMary Magdalene has appealed enormously to people who have imagined all sorts of romantic things about her: she had been a prostitute, she was beautiful, she was in love with Jesus, she fled to France carrying his child. For all we know, on the basis of our sources, she was eighty-six, childless, and keen to mother unkempt young men.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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