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A staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has stood atop The New York Times Bestseller List for more than per annum, with millions of copies in print. But this fast-paced mystery is unusual for the reason that the author states in advance that the historical information in the book 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 up with numerous historical mistakes. Did the ancient church take part in a cover-up to help 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 trick of their marriage? Bart Ehrman thoroughly debunks all of these claims. But the book is not merely a laundry set of Brown's misreading of history. Throughout, Ehrman offers an abundance of fascinating background information--all historically accurate--on early Christianity. He describes, for instance, the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (that are not Christian in content, contrary to The Da Vinci Code); outlines in simple conditions how scholars of early Christianity determine which sources are most dependable; and explores the countless other Gospels which may have been within the last half century.
Ehrman separates fact from fiction, the historical realities from the flights of literary fancy. Readers of The Da Vinci Code who want to know the truth about the beginnings of Christianity and the life of Jesus will see this book riveting.
