There is an alternate story of the life of Jesus One the early Church fathers found so menacing they outlawed the books that documented it, ordered them burned, and threatened anyone found copying them with death International bestselling authors and award-winning archaeologists Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W Michael Gear put more than thirty years огъоэ of exhaustive research into this fascinating novel In A D 325, Brother Barnabas is a student of the ancient holy texts These books paint a portrait of Jesus that is radical, heretical, and irresistible In the writings of Mary Magdalene, Phillip, and James, Barnabas finds clues to a secret he must protect at all costs But the Ecumenical Council of Bishops has just declared his cherished books "a hotbed of manifold perversity " Emperor Constantine has decreed that the documents must be burned and that anyone found copying them will be executed as a heretic Barnabas's monastery is attacked Brother Barnabas flees with his trusted companions, but they are being followed, for the True Church cannot allow them to find the most sacred place on Earth In fact, it will do anything to stop them.  Поклонники2009 г Мягкая обложка, 448 стр ISBN 076535456X.