CONTENTS

PREFACE | Marriage, Sex, Children

PART I | A MYSTERIOUS MANUSCRIPT

1 | Manuscript 17,202

2 | What Does It Say? . . . and What Does It Not Say?

3 | What Do We Know About the Manuscript?

4 | When Was It Written?

5 | Is There More to this Story Than Meets the Eye?

PART II | DECODING THE MANUSCRIPT

6 | What’s the Most Important Clue?

7 | Joseph

8 | Aseneth

9 | Aseneth: Her Story

10 | Joseph: His Story

11 | The Greatest Wedding of All Time

12 | Jesus and a Gentile

13 | The Plot: Kill Jesus, Abduct Mary the Magdalene, and Murder the Kids

14 | The Villain

15 | The Power Politics Behind the Crucifixion

PART III | IMPLICATIONS

16 | Conclusion

17 | Postscript

APPENDICES | THE LOST GOSPEL

I | Joseph and Aseneth translated from the Syriac

II | Letter to Moses of Ingila and His Reply

Illustrations

Endnotes

Suggestions for Further Reading

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Index