'Rome's Jewish Robert Langdon' Spends His Days Decoding Vatican Masterpieces

THE NATIONAL POST
By Jen Gerson

The first religious Jew to be authorized by the Vatican to act as a docent in Catholic museums, bestselling author Roy Doliner's life seems like it could be taken directly from a Dan Brown novel. A playwright and the author of four books, the most recent of which The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican, is slated to become a Discovery Channel documentary. His findings caused a stir in the church: he said he found signs in the works of Michelangelo that suggest the famous Renaissance painter had studied Jewish wisdom literature - such as the Kabbalah - and hid symbols in his paintings. [link]