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The cover read: The Gnostic Gospels.
Teabing heaved it open, and Langdon and Sophie joined him.
Sophie could see it contained photographs of what appeared to be magnified passages of ancient documents--tattered papyrus with handwritten text.
She did not recognize the ancient language, but the facing pages bore typed translations.
These are photocopies of the Nag Hammadi and Dead Sea scrolls, which I mentioned earlier," Teabing said.
The earliest Christian records.
Troublingly, they do not match up with the gospels in the Bible." Flipping toward the middle of the book, Teabing pointed to a passage.
The Gospel of Philip is always a good place to start." Sophie read the passage: And the companion of the Saviour is Mary Magdalene.
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