The Prophetess
By: a novel.
Publisher: Little, Brown; Little Brown & Co
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Manuscripts -- Collectors and collecting -- Egypt -- Sinai -- Fiction; Women archaeologists -- Egypt -- Sinai -- Fiction; Women prophets -- Fiction; Adventure stories; Religious fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: An American archeologist in Egypt discovers papyrus scrolls that clearly establish women priests existed in early Christianity. The archeologist, a feminist, smuggles the scrolls to California, pursued by the Egyptians and the Vatican, the latter fearful of losing male dominance. She is saved from death by a handsome priest with whom she has a romance. By the author of Virgins of Paradise.