Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index.
Contents
Conspiracy of dunces : Brown and the pseudo-Templar tradition -- The Holy Grail : whom does it serve? -- Beyond the cross : did Jesus survive crucifixion? -- The gnostic connection : what was the secret tradition? -- Constantine's Christ : the development of christology -- Loose canon : who picked the books in the Bible? -- Eighty Gospels? : Surviving Gospels outside the Bible -- Mary Magdalene : female Apostle? -- A Christian goddess? : Mary Magdalene and the sacred feminine.