The Woman with the Alabaster Jar

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This article is about the book by Margaret Starbird. For the biblical story, see Anointing of Jesus.

The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail[1] is a book written by Margaret Starbird in 1993, claiming Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene were married, and that Mary Magdalene was the Holy Grail.

Margaret Starbird developed the

King of the Jews.[3]

The book is mentioned in the 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code, an international bestseller by Dan Brown; both books made use of the blood royal theory from the 1982 book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln.[4][5]

The book has been criticised for containing theories based on medieval lore and art, rather than on historical treatment of the Bible.[6]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 1-879181-03-7
    . Categorised as "Women's Studies/Creation Spirituality" by the publishers.
  2. ^ Commentaries on Genesis 17:15, and Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
  3. ISBN 1-879181-03-7
  4. ISBN 0-385-50420-9
    .
  5. ISBN 1-58617-034-1
  6. ISBN 0-8308-3267-X
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