Harry Krause wrote:


Oh...the boating connection. Mary Magdalene supposedly traveled to
France on a boat. :-)

Nice save.

That portion of the theory/legend/history/whatever is very credible.
Sailing on the Med was the preferred mode of long distance transit from
one coastal city to another hundreds and hundreds of years before 33
AD. Sailors from Greece and Carthage were all over the Med when Rome
was still a cluster of mud huts on the banks of the Tiber. Some of the
ores used for smithing in the eastern Med originated in the British
Isles, so there is an excellent argument that traders travelled beyond
"The Pillars of Hercules" (Gibraltar) and engaged in coastal navigation
perhaps 3,000 years ago, and maybe before that. Was Joseph of Arimethea
in the movie? (He was one of the major ore traders in Judea at the
time, was accustomed to travelling by ship, and in some of the Sang
Real legends he is said to have travelled with Mary of Magdela to the
south of France. According to certain Christian texts, he supported and
sympathized with the early followers of Jesus- and some claim that the
upper room used for the last supper was in his house and/or the tomb
where Jesus was buried was his family crypt). Some of the old folk
legends in Britain claim that Joseph of Arimethea travelled there, by
ship, at least once.

Harry Krause wrote:
wrote:
Harry Krause wrote:

Oh...the boating connection. Mary Magdalene supposedly traveled to
France on a boat. :-)

Nice save.

That portion of the theory/legend/history/whatever is very credible.
Sailing on the Med was the preferred mode of long distance transit from
one coastal city to another hundreds and hundreds of years before 33
AD. Sailors from Greece and Carthage were all over the Med when Rome
was still a cluster of mud huts on the banks of the Tiber. Some of the
ores used for smithing in the eastern Med originated in the British
Isles, so there is an excellent argument that traders travelled beyond
"The Pillars of Hercules" (Gibraltar) and engaged in coastal navigation
perhaps 3,000 years ago, and maybe before that. Was Joseph of Arimethea
in the movie? (He was one of the major ore traders in Judea at the
time, was accustomed to travelling by ship, and in some of the Sang
Real legends he is said to have travelled with Mary of Magdela to the
south of France. According to certain Christian texts, he supported and
sympathized with the early followers of Jesus- and some claim that the
upper room used for the last supper was in his house and/or the tomb
where Jesus was buried was his family crypt). Some of the old folk
legends in Britain claim that Joseph of Arimethea travelled there, by
ship, at least once.



Joseph wasn't "in" the movie, and I have no memory of his being
mentioned during it, but...a lot of Christian and pagan references were
tossed out and quickly.

Ron Howard did a terrific job of directing. Had this movie been done 25
or 30 years ago, I would have thought François Truffaut had been the
director.

We had the usual "reel" of coming attractions prior to the start of this
film. There must have been 10 "features" upcoming. At least eight of
them will have great appeal to the braindead.


Here's a link to a site that is typical among those that promote the
Glastonbury legends.
One can accept or reject the Holy Grail, King Arthur, etc etc etc but
there is compelling evidence for steady sea trade between the British
Isles and Mediterranean ports of the Roman Empire that predates
Christian history. A voyage by Mary of Magdela, Joseph of Arimathea
(often portrayed as a brother of Mary the mother of Jesus), or others
would not have been unusual in that day.

http://community.middlebury.edu/~beyer/dvc/67r.doc