Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code

Name: Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: Bart D. Ehrman
ISBN: 9781440796074

Author: Bart D. Ehrman

Narrator: Bart D. Ehrman

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/11/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

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?

About Bart D. Ehrman

Bart D. Ehrman is the author of more than thirty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Misquoting Jesus and God's Problem. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is a leading authority on the Bible and the life of Jesus. He has been featured in Time and has appeared on Dateline NBC, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, CNN, the History Channel, major NPR shows, and other top media outlets. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on October 19, 2023

Truth be told I wasn't actually all that curious about the inaccuracies in The Da Vinci Code. I really enjoyed the book when it came out but I just assumed it was complete fiction. Apparently, not everyone thought that. This would have probably also been better if I'd read it back in 2004 when it was......more

Goodreads review by Andrea on May 11, 2014

Before I get into my review, I'd like to state that I knew of Mr. Ehrman and his reputation before I read this book. If you've done research on the Historical Jesus, chances are that you've heard of Mr. Ehrman. It seems that the general consesus is you love him or you hate him. Mr. Ehrman is absolut......more

Goodreads review by Erik on September 19, 2016

Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code promises, among other things, to be faithful to the documentary facts upon which its plot depends. Bart Ehrman shows how often this simply is not true while managing in the course of his critique to discuss the origins of Christianity and its canon in a clear and simple......more

Goodreads review by Eric on April 24, 2011

I found this volume refreshingly straight-forward and a good review of all of what I learned in my college studies of religion, the world religions, and various other information. Ehrman is thoughtful, bringing his own experience, doubts, certainties, and learning to the task of examining Dan Brown'......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on July 16, 2009

I liked that the author didn't set out to bash "The Da Vinci Code" and that he did, indeed, enjoy the novel (as did I). He attempted to examine what is known historically to either confirm or refute Brown's statements in the novel. However, I DIDN'T like that Ehrman seemed to interpret historical do......more