It 's obvious that Mary Magdalene was close to Jesus . # ##e : New book based on ancient texts appears to show Jesus married with 2 kids . Parini : It shows Mary Magdalene his wife ; scholars leery , sounds like ` ` Da Vinci Code '' He says ' lost book ' nothing new . A long ago bishop brought it to 4 , to cull competing claims . Jesus : Christian church made its choice on Jesus story ; take other claims with grain of salt .
# ##e : New book based on ancient texts appears to show Jesus married with 2 kids . Parini : It shows Mary Magdalene his wife ; scholars leery , sounds like ` ` Da Vinci Code '' He says ' lost book ' nothing new . A long ago bishop brought it to 4 , to cull competing claims . Jesus : Christian church made its choice on Jesus story ; take other claims with grain of salt .