The foreword to “Rennes-le-Château: The Gold of the Dead and the True Priory of Sion” is by Count Jean Pierre de Giudicelli de Cressac de Bachellerie.

Just an observation.

“Isaac Ben Jacob” seems to begin his journey of discovery by noting Saunière’s entry in his diary for 21 September 1891, that reads: “discovery of a tomb, the night rained”.

The relevance in France of the date 21 September [1792] is that it was on that date that the French National Convention officially voted to abolish the monarchy, marking the birth of the French First Republic and ending over a thousand years of royal rule in France. That’s 99 years ago.

Just another observation.

I wonder if “Isaac Ben Jacob” has ever noticed the references to anti-Semitism made by Abbé Saunière.

I wonder if “Isaac Ben Jacob” knows about the anti-Semitic references made in the Grail Romances.

Just a few observations.

Early medieval Grail romances frequently incorporated anti-Semitic tropes, reflecting the anti-Judaism of Christian Europe during the High Middle Ages.

Chrétien de Troyes made early references where characters attribute collective guilt and deicide (the killing of Jesus) to Jewish people, in his “Perceval, ou le conte du Graal” (circa 1190).

Robert de Boron, explicitly tied the Grail to the Last Supper and positioned Jewish figures as villains who stole the sacred vessel. His text utilized harsh, denigrating language regarding the “Old Law” versus Christian grace (in “Joseph d'Arimathie”, or “Roman de l'Estoire dou Graal”, circa 1200).

These Grail Romances continued and sometimes intensified anti-Jewish motifs, adding charges of demonic inspiration alongside traditional accusations related to the Passion of Christ (circa 1225-1230).

The anti-Semitic subtext of these stories were recognised at the time by the reception of Jewish audiences of the period; medieval Ashkenazi and Sephardic authorities sometimes warned or explicitly forbade Jewish communities from reading Arthurian romances.

These literary portrayals did not exist in a vacuum; they mirrored escalating anti-Jewish legislation, expulsions, and violence across 12th- and 13th-century Europe.