| Margaret Starbird, author of the book *The Woman With the Alabaster Jar:
Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail* (1993), will be speaking about her book
this Thursday evening, April 10, on the UNH campus in Durham, New Hampshire,
in Murlkand Hall, 7-9 pm.
Margaret Starbird is a devout Catholic and scholar who holds a controversial
view, which is what her book is about. From the book's blurb:
"Margaret Starbird's theological beliefs were profoundly shaken when she
read *Holy Blood, Holy Grail*, a book that dared to suggest that Jesus
Christ was married to Mary Magdalen and that their descendants carried on
his holy bloodline in Western Europe. Shocked by such heresy, this Roman
Catholic scholar set out to refute it, but instead found new and compelling
evidence for the existence of the bride of Jesus--the same enigmatic woman
who anointed him with precious unguent from her 'alabaster jar'. In this
provocative book, Starbird draws her conclusions from an extensive study of
history, heraldry, symbolism, medieval art, mythology, psychology, and the
Bible itself. *The Woman with the Alabaster Jar* is a quest for the forgotten
feminine--in the hope that its return will help restore a healthy balance to
planet Earth."
Contact is Karen Blennerhassett @ 603-742-7762.
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