The Quest for Mary Magdalene

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by Michael Haag


  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

  eunuchs 228

  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
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  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

  About the Author

  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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  Also by Michael Haag

  The Templars:

  The History and the Myth

  The Tragedy of the Templars:

  The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States

  Copyright

  Originally published in Great Britain in 2016 by Profile Books, Ltd.

 

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