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Mr. Tatman, Man! I'm really stupid when it comes to knowledge of the
historical Jesus.
Pray tell! Want on earth is the person who posed the question:
Was Jesus Jewish? trying to achieve?
It's always been my belief that Jesus was born of a virgin and raised,
together with four brothers and two sisters, by Joseph and Mary; and
that Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus. This, of course, is contrary
to the Catholic belief that Mary was in a state of 'perpetual'
virginity.
Bard
"Tatman, Robert" wrote:
>
> -Caveat Lector-
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> FWIW, in Robert Graves's *King Jesus*, Mary Magdalene is portrayed as the
> high priestess of Astarte/Asherah, who attempts to "educate" Jesus about the
> reality behind the myths he has been taught. I'm not saying that Graves's
> depiction is necessarily accurate, but it presents an interesting
> alternative to conventional scholarship.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tenorlove [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 1:08 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [CTRL] JESUS WAS JEWISH ?
> >
> > -Caveat Lector-
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> > As for Mary Magdalene, she is variously described in the Gospels as "a
> > sinner" and "out of whom went seven devils." Her hometown, Magdala or
> > Migdal, was the headquarters for an Astarte cult that had a seven-stage
> > initiation. Astarte's mascot, like MM's, was the dove. IF MM was a
> > prostitute, it would have been in connection with the sacred
> > prostitution which took place within the Astarte cult. If she were an
> > Astarte initiate, she would have been a sinner in the eyes of all four
> > of the Gospel writers. The prostitute tradition did not come about
> > until the second century A.D.
> >
> >
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