The Dead Sea Codex

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    While visiting Israel, archaeologist and museum curator Lisa Donahue finds an ancient papyrus, part of a lost first century AD codex on the teachings of Jesus’ female disciples. Lisa teams up with her ex-boyfriend Gregory Manzur, racing to find the rest of the codex ahead of Christian fanatics who will kill to prevent the codex’s publication.

    Told from multiple points of view, this mystery/suspense story is set in Israel in 1997, prior to the recent Palestinian uprisings. The characters, two American archaeologists, a Jordanian epigrapher, a Lebanese museum curator, an Arab-Israeli registrar, and an American conservator, reflect the diverse population and religious beliefs of modern Israel. Since the provenance of the papyri turns out to be a cave located smack on the Jordanian-Israeli border, an international committee is convened to determine the ultimate fate of the Dead Sea Codex.

  • Title: The Dead Sea Codex
  • Author: Sarah Wisseman
  • ISBN-10: 0-7599-3678-1
  • ISBN-13:  978-0-7599-3678-2
  • Publication Date: 1/1/2006
  • Artist: Dirk A. Wolf
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"This book opens with a really excellent description of a part of Old Jerusalem, truly proof that the writer has lived in Israel. The descriptions of the shouk, the smells of the street vendors' foods, the descriptions of the people and places are all unique to Israel. This book is filled with all that a book about life in the Middle East can afford, if you are seeking that life, and some of life on the dangerous side. It is a good story, but in some areas it is predictable too. It is a typical book of suspense, history, intrigue, the criminal side of the antiquities,etc."

~ Michael Edelson, Sime-Gen Reviews


"The Dead Sea Codex is full of mystery, intrigue, and the potential questioning of everything we’ve believed true of Christianity and its origins. This smart mystery allows the reader to travel to Israel and become an archaeologist, and adventurer, and treasure hunter for just a little while."

~ Tami Brady, TCM Reviews


"I enjoyed this book immensely. Lisa Donohue is a wonderful character, three dimensional – her job, her duty and her left-over feelings for Greg make her jump off the page. It was obvious to me, even before reading her biography, that the author had been to Israel. Her descriptions of the land, Jerusalem and its surrounding landmarks and the people transported me to the Middle East. Intrigue, romance, and the quick pace of this novel made it easy to read and hard to stop. (Of course, I may be biased, having a love of archaeology and being from Philadelphia )
    Many may make comparisons to The DaVinci Code, and does have some things in common, but this book stands all on its own. A wonderful book for a rainy afternoon or to take to the beach. I anxiously await the next Lisa Donohue mystery."

~ Risseybug, Lighthouse Literary Reviews

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