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it's one of the most provocative. >> the important thing for me is that mary magdalene was a major apostle she was on a level with peter and thomas. >> the idea that jesus tried to have children with mary and they became part of the french royal line, that is based on legends that go back to france, back to the ninth century. so it's not a new idea, but it has virtually no historical basis whatever. >> there's good food and there's junk food. and there's good fiction and there's juk fiction. the da vinci is junk fiction. >> now let's join correspondent greg palkot in paris for a look at how "the da vinci code" popularity has created a industry. >> thanks to "the da vinci code" tourist capital paris just got more visited. much of the book is set here. the action begins at the louvre museum with the murder of its curator. and a painting that hints at, among other things, mary magdalene's more prominent role. >> it's more interesting about mary magdalene is her role as sort of an early leader. >> one of several da vinci code tours conducted here as led by art expert ellen mcbreen. >> history

of the jesus story, and it might have been if not, the gospels tell us, for the women, namely mary magdalened mary, mother of jesus. three days after his death, they discovered his empty tomb. as he promised, jesus had risen from the dead. >> this is the key moment. what happened in the days after easter, and how did the news spread? >> the new faith had another revelation. the resurrected jesus appeared to his disciples. according to the acts of the apostles, jesus told them to stay in jerusalem, where they would soon get a sign from heaven, baptized with the holy spirit. >> so they sat there in a state of anticipation and expectation, but not really knowing. >> then on the jewish feast of pentecost, 50 days after jesus died, the sign came. and suddenly, from heaven, there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind. it filled the entire house where they were sitting. divided tongues as a fire appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them, all of them were filled with the holy spirit and began to speak in other languages. >> so that jews who were in jerusalem, be they from egypt

could jesus have been married to mary magdalene as some legends have it, or to anyone else? the gospel tradition that jesus is married. would it have been unusual for a jewish man to have been unmarried? no, not at all. >> whatever the details of jesus' personal life, to his fellow jews, what he said is as important as what he did. he gave them a radical agenda, scholars say, one in which society's outcasts could play a central role. its manifesto promised that the powerful will be brought low and the meek would inherit the earth. the sermon on the mount was an edgy message at a volatile time. >> the thought of jesus going up into the hills with his followers and giving them special teaching has a kind of a revolutionary flavor to it. my goodness, we're being prepared to do something. these are not just lessons that will help us say our prayers better, though it will. it will go much more than that. it is setting an agenda for a whole movement and how it is going to go. >> the gospels tell us that jesus as the messiah had huge appeal for the masses. here finally was someone

. >> that is why we all liked his relationship with mary magdalene, i think that is why we all love thatry, not that he had a relationship with her, but he consorted with her, and was friends with her. >> and that is the basic rules in christianity, he is doing something, he is taking a punishment and enough people will become fed up with punishing people in this way, and the rules will change. >> okay, let me ask you, pastor schaffer, do you feel like martin luther, or john wesley, today, what is your mood? because tomorrow you will be in or out, you can't stay in if they say you're out? >> i tell you what, i never chose this role, but now that i've been pulled into it i actually do feel i stand in the tradition of wesley, who also broke rules or martin luther i do feel the world is looking at me now watching me closely. and i gladly take that baton and carry it for the time being. >> well, martin luther broke up the whole system of europe, the whole nation states sort of followed him in terms of secular life, do you think you can change the methodist church, the church of john wesley?

. >> host: one of the little side lights that i saw in your book is that mary magdalene's hand is there? >> guest: well, there are all manner of, of sort of relics in jerusalem. and there are all sorts of bizarre things there. i mean, there are swords and hands and, yes. so there's all sorts of the fascinating relics in the church of the holy she pull yes. and she's just one of those, one of the fascinating women who are buried in jerusalem. women, in the book women are very important in jerusalem, as you mentioned. the church of the holy sepulchre, that wonderful christian church, that romannesque crusader church was built by the margaret thatcher of the crusades who is a wonderful character, beautiful woman. half french, half armenian. and they said, the his torns at -- historians at the time said she was as intelligent as a hand which is high praise. and she built the church of the holy sepulchre. it's her building. and she's buried -- her full body is this jerusalem. her real body is buried in jerusalem too. and, of course, you know, and there was many other wonderful women includin

he is walking -- mary magdalene is in there and goes into the tomb. e is so sad because her best friend jesus has been crucified. someone talks to her. she thinks it's the garner. he says mary? and she said rabone, in native aramaic. even when she visits andrew and john, who are taking to fishing again after the crucifix, they're out there casting for fish, not getting any and jesus says try the other side of the boat. they do. and catch all of these fish. they come to shore and still don't recognize him. it's peter when he goes, wait a minute, you're jesus, aren't through. >> i think the point is that the res vex way beyond human understanding, that life and death are very complicated matter elves. i think that the membrane between life and death pairlously to thin and i think the story of apologize, this great mythical story can have transforming value in our lives. we will continue this discussion online. for now "jesus, the human face of god. jay parini. thank you very much. >> thank you, jeff. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day: mi

mary swoons in the arms of saint john the evangelist as the kneeling magdalene twists her hands in impotent grief. in the wings, two healing saints-- sebastian and anthony-- stand like living statues. because the panels of this altarpiece had to be separated, we need to look at a model to understand how it unfolded. mary reads the prophecy of isaiah-- "behold, a virgin shall conceive," as she is interrupted by the archangel gabriel's annunciation. an angelic orchestra in the temple of solomon celebrates this mystical union of heaven and earth by its harmonious celestial music. these happy sounds may also refer to musical therapy practiced in medieval hospitals. shown as if defined by light alone, this is the most convincing resurrection ever painted. prophet of the atomic age, grunewald conveys a sense of weightlessness as christ rises. for the final opening, painted wings contrast with a sculpted centerpiece. saint anthony is enthroned in triumph at the center and show again at the left meeting paul the hermit in his forest retreat. for this scene of saint anthony's torment and trial in th