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closely aligned with King Arthur. “Roman de l ́Estoire dou Saint Graal”
by Robert de Baron in the 1190’s was the version that Christianized the
story, claiming that Joseph of Arimathea filled the cup with Christ’s
blood, and that his family became the keeper of the Grail. Galahad was
purported to be Joseph’s son, and the Grail was passed onto his
brother-in-law, Brons, who took it with him to England, becoming the
“Fisher King.” In this version, Perceval is the grandson.The most noted version is “Parzival,” which was written between 1195
and 1216 by Wolfram von Eschenbach, a Bavarian Knight who claimed
that Chretien’s version was inaccurate because Wolfram received his
information from a more reliable source. He said that the Grail is some
sort of stone. But more important, is his preoccupation with the Grail
family, the genealogy, or bloodline.In early stories, the Grail is called the Sangraal and Sangreal, which
was divided to read ‘San Graal’ or ‘San Greal,’ when in fact, it should
have read ‘Sang Raal’ or ‘Sang Real,’ meaning ‘Royal Blood.’ So
therefore, the Grail actually had more to do with blood, and not a cup
which held blood.The “Queste del Saint Graal” written between 1215 and 1230, indicated
that the Grail was brought to France by Mary Magdalene, and that the
Grail story occurred about 456 years after the resurrection of Jesus, or
about 487, which was about the time of the rise in Merovingian power.In 1964, according to the book The Jesus Scroll (1972) by Donovan
Joyce, an ancient parchment scroll was excavated on the western
shore of the Dead Sea, at the ruins of the fortress of Masada. It was
there that 965 Jewish men, women, and children, burned the complex,
killed each other, and committed suicide, rather than be captured by
the Romans.The Jewish rebellion against Roman rule and their occupancy force
came to a head in 66 AD when several thousand zealots stormed
Masada and seized King Herod’s fortress. From there, the movement
spread, as loyalists hoped to restore the throne of the Maccabean
kings, which has been usurped a century earlier. One part of the rebel
army stayed at Masada, while the other marched on Jerusalem. The
attempt to recapture the city failed, and the survivors retreated back to