Clivedurdle

Solo, have I missed a translation of your comments about believing in descendants of Mary Magdalene being less bizarre?

Solo

Does M. Boistier seriously assert that Christian scholars of the time tried to pretend Jesus was rooted in the sectarian Judaic history of the first century ?If that is the case, I guarantee you that the belief of Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair (which gave rise to the idiocies of The da Vinci Code) is less bizzare.

for the reference see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Plantard

Jiri

Jayhawker Soule

Perhaps a group other than the Essenes.

See Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls (or via: amazon.co.uk): The History of Judaism, the Background of Christianity, and the Lost Library of Qumran.