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Breaking the Da Vinci Code
Many who have read the New York Times bestseller The Da Vinci Code have questions that arise from seven codes-expressed or implied-in Dan Brown's book.
In Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking, Darrell Bock, Ph.D., responds to the novelist's claims using central ancient texts and answers the following questions:
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Who was Mary Magdalene?
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Was Jesus Married?
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Would Jesus Being Single be Un-Jewish?
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Do the So-Called Secret Gnostic Gospels Help Us Understand Jesus?
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What Is the Remaining Relevance of The Da Vinci Code?
Darrell Bock's research uncovers the origins of these codes by focusing on the 325 years immediately following the birth of Christ, for the claims of The Da Vinci Code rise or fall on the basis of things emerging from this period. Breaking the Da Vinci Code, now available in trade paper, distinguishes fictitious entertainment from historical elements of the Christian faith. For by seeing these differences, one can break the Da Vinci code.
Praise for Breaking The Da Vinci Code
"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the pernicious nature of The Da Vinci Code. Darrell Bock shines the light of history on Dan Brown's conspiracy theories and turns up a mixture of fascinating possibilities, wishful thinking, overblown claims, and outright errors. But more importantly, he reveals the book's hidden agenda: to transform the very character of the Christian faith."-- David Neff, Editor & Vice-President, Christianity Today
"From my Roman Catholic tradition, I am happy to join Darrell Bock and his Protestant tradition to affirm that The Da Vinci Code does not have a leg to stand on in its attempt to dethrone the two-thousand-year-old Christian story of what God has done for us in and through Jesus Christ." -- Francis J. Moloney, S.D.B., Dean, School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of America, from his Foreword
"Breaks through the cloud of conspiracy theories surrounding documents and practices of the early church. Darrell Bock's hard work provides readers with an easy entry into territory that would otherwise be dauntingly confusing." -- Frederica Mathewes-Green, author and contributor National Review and First Things
"A veritable demolition job on a structure that deserves to be so dismantled." -- Larry W. Hurtado, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Christian Origins, University of Edinburgh
"Thorough and convincing. . . . For every Christian who has read The Da Vinci Code this volume is an essential companion." -- Gary M. Burge, Ph.D., Wheaton College and Graduate School
"Essential reading for those who want the true story about Jesus and his follower and who want to properly decode and debunk the speculative ruminations of The Da Vinci Code." -- Michael J. Wilkins, Professor of New Testament, Biola University (CA)
"A welcome literary antitode to literary poison." -- Paul L. Maier, historian and author of The Very First Easter
"Succinct and eminently readable. A must for all who are confused by Brown's portrayal of fiction as fact." -- Craig L. Blomberg, Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary
