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Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code

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32 Ratings

4.1

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7H 6min
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English
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History

A staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has sold in its millions. But this fast-paced mystery is unusual in that the author states up front 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 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 eighty contending Gospels - the only four that stressed that Jesus was divine? And did Christ really marry Mary Magdalene?

© 2008 Recorded Books (Audiobook): 9781440796074

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Audiobook: March 11, 2008

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