<p>Alwaysamom–the point is, that as I remember it, they argue that she wasn’t a prostitiute despite the fact that the Bible says she was. It’s true that she was labeled so by the Catholic church for many years, but it’s clear in the officially accepted gospels that she was not.</p>
<p>My argument is that Brown pretends to be arguing with the official gospels, while seriously misrepresnting what they say.</p>
<p>And for the record, I enjoy reading lots of writers who are genre writers but seem to care much more for their craft than Brown does–you don’t have to be producing a classic to write well.</p>