The story begins in 35 beside the Sea of Galilee where Mary of Magdala, known as Magdalene, is sheltering battered women and fatherless children. The apostles Matthew, Thomas, and Nathaniel support her, but the church in Jerusalem led by James, the brother of Jesus, tries to undermine her leadership. Magdalene visits the sisters of Jesus, Mary and Salome, living in Nazareth and Cana, and Susanna in the city of Sepphoris, which is only a short walk...