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Chapter 58

           «Whyisitthere?»Teabingshrugged.«ConspiracytheoristswilltellyouitstandsforMatrimonioorMaryMagdalene.Tobehonest,nobodyiscertain.TheonlycertaintyisthatthehiddenMisnomistake.CountlessGrail-relatedworkscontainthehiddenletterMwhetheraswatermarks,underpaintings,orcompositionalallusions.ThemostblatantM,ofcourse,isemblazonedonthealtaratOurLadyofParisinLondon,whichwasdesignedbyaformerGrandMasterofthePrioryofSion,JeanCocteau.»

           Sophieweighedtheinformation.«I’lladmit,thehiddenM’sareintriguing,althoughIassumenobodyisclaimingtheyareproofofJesus’marriagetoMagdalene.»

           «No,no,»Teabingsaid,goingtoanearbytableofbooks.«AsIsaidearlier,themarriageofJesusandMaryMagdaleneispartofthehistoricalrecord.»Hebeganpawingthroughhisbookcollection.«Moreover,JesusasamarriedmanmakesinfinitelymoresensethanourstandardbiblicalviewofJesusasabachelor.»

           «Why?»Sophieasked.

           «BecauseJesuswasaJew,»Langdonsaid,takingoverwhileTeabingsearchedforhisbook,»andthesocialdecorumduringthattimevirtuallyforbidaJewishmantobeunmarried.AccordingtoJewishcustom,celibacywascondemned,andtheobligationforaJewishfatherwastofindasuitablewifeforhisson.IfJesuswerenotmarried,atleastoneoftheBible’sgospelswouldhavementioneditandofferedsomeexplanationforHisunnaturalstateofbachelorhood.»

           Teabinglocatedahugebookandpulledittowardhimacrossthetable.Theleather-boundeditionwasposter-sized,likeahugeatlas.

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