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Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code
Bart Ehrman
A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine
Oxford University Press
March 2006
240 pages ISBN: 0195307135 Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Religion
In his staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown
states up front that the historical information in the The
Da Vinci Code is all factually accurate. But is this claim
true? As historian Bart D. Ehrman shows in this informative
and witty book, The Da Vinci Code is filled with
numerous historical mistakes. Did the ancient church
engage in a cover-up to make the man Jesus into a divine
figure? Did Emperor Constantine select for the New
Testament--from some 80 contending Gospels--the only four
Gospels that stressed that Jesus was divine? Was Jesus
Christ married to Mary Magdalene? Did the Church suppress
Gospels that told the secret of their marriage? Bart Ehrman
thoroughly debunks all of these claims. But the book is not
merely a laundry list of Brown's misreading of history.
Throughout, Ehrman offers a wealth of fascinating background
information--all historically accurate--on
early Christianity. He describes, for instance, the
discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls ; outlines in simple terms
how scholars of early Christianity determine which sources
are most reliable; and explores the many other Gospels that
have been found in the last half century. In his engaging
book, Ehrman separates fact from fiction, the historical
realities from the flights of literary fancy. Anyone who
would like to know the truth about the beginnings of
Christianity and the real truth behind The Da Vinci Code
will find this book riveting.
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