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A review by zeydejd
Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent
2.0
It took me almost a year to finish this book, and for good reason. It's dense material, especially for someone (like myself) who doesn't have any background in Christianity, biblical history, etc. It was easy to get sucked into some parts and lose track of others. The overall hypothesis they propose - Jesus was, in fact, married (to none other than the Magdalene) and had a child/bloodline - is not outlandish and the text makes good points as to why and how this is possible and why the Church would want to keep such a revelation hidden, especially given political context.
Many of the other links the book tries to make are very circumstantial, and the authors admit this readily themselves! They are the first ones to make note of the fact that some of the "proof" they are offering up is not actually proof at all, or that everything they are noting is, in fact, a theory and nothing else. It's a good way to cover your bases, but it's tiresome to read a few hundred pages of "maybes."
I didn't regret reading it, but wouldn't necessarily recommend it to others unless they already had a pretty strong background in the aforementioned subjects. Trying to read it without that is like trying to read medicinal research while simultaneously trying to understand basic scientific concepts.
Many of the other links the book tries to make are very circumstantial, and the authors admit this readily themselves! They are the first ones to make note of the fact that some of the "proof" they are offering up is not actually proof at all, or that everything they are noting is, in fact, a theory and nothing else. It's a good way to cover your bases, but it's tiresome to read a few hundred pages of "maybes."
I didn't regret reading it, but wouldn't necessarily recommend it to others unless they already had a pretty strong background in the aforementioned subjects. Trying to read it without that is like trying to read medicinal research while simultaneously trying to understand basic scientific concepts.