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Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine
Bart D. Ehrman
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Description for Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine
Paperback. Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code is a serious appraisal of some of the claims that are directly made or imbedded in the incredibly successful work of popular fiction by Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
This book is the most authoritative, arguably the definitive appraisal of some of the claims that are directly made or are imbedded in the incredibly successful work of popular fiction by Dan Brown, ^ The Da Vinci Code^; it is not an essentially partisan Christian rebuttal of ^ The Da Vinci Code^ (as are virtually all the books currently available) but a truly historical assessment by a noted early Christian scholar. Brown's novel is unusual in that the author makes the statement up front that the historical information in the book is all factually accurate, and many readers presumably have ... Read more
This book is the most authoritative, arguably the definitive appraisal of some of the claims that are directly made or are imbedded in the incredibly successful work of popular fiction by Dan Brown, ^ The Da Vinci Code^; it is not an essentially partisan Christian rebuttal of ^ The Da Vinci Code^ (as are virtually all the books currently available) but a truly historical assessment by a noted early Christian scholar. Brown's novel is unusual in that the author makes the statement up front that the historical information in the book is all factually accurate, and many readers presumably have ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195307139
SKU
V9780195307139
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About Bart D. Ehrman
Bart D. Ehrman chairs the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An authority on the early Church and the life of Jesus, he has appeared on A&E, the History Channel, CNN, and other television and radio shows. He has taped several highly popular lecture series for the "Teaching Company" and is the author ... Read more
Reviews for Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine
"No less interesting than the book it is responding to.... An enjoyable and very accessible tour of a complex subject, Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code is a book that fans of Brown's novel will no doubt find just as engaging."
St Petersburg Times "by far the best exposure of historical misrepresentations and errors in the novel....the most useful ... Read more
St Petersburg Times "by far the best exposure of historical misrepresentations and errors in the novel....the most useful ... Read more