The suggestion that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene stirred the imagination of the millions who read Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code. But this is a work of fiction — can there be any truth in it?
The Lost Gospel is a recently published book in which the authors claim they have found an ancient manuscript, dating back to 570 CE, which had been stored in the archives of the British Library since 1847. Written on animal skin, it claims to tell the story of the marriage of Jesus and Mary and the birth of their two sons. It is 29 chapters long and, it is claimed, is a copy of a firstcentury manuscript, telling the story of the marriage. Inside is a letter from the sixthcentury translator, saying that it contains the ‘inner meaning’ about ‘our Lord, our God, our Word’.
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