Ultimately, though, there is another code lurking behind the pages of this novel. Most readers of the novel have no idea that this other code is there. In fact Bock didn't notice it at first himself. Breaking the Da Vinci Code will lead readers to discover why this novel has become something of a public phenomenon and why the issues it raises are worthy of careful study and reflection.

AgapePress write: In his new book, author Darrell Bock responds to the best-seller by Dan Brown, which Bock says attempts to rewrite biblical history. In Breaking the Da Vinci Code, Bock dissects Brown's novel and outlines historical and biblical reasons why he disagrees with Brown's assertion that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. Bock says Christians must know not only the Bible, but also the history of the Church. "And this is something most Christians know very little [about]," he says. "It's very, very important to understand this history in light of what's being said about secret gospels in numerous writings. I mean, this novel isn't the only thing that's out there." Believers, Bock says, need to stand up against what he says is deception in Brown's novel. "This is a very important discussion, because ... when things like this come up, many Christians tend to react by saying, 'I won't listen to this, I won't have anything to do with it, I don't want to know anything about it,'" he says. "The problem with that [attitude] is that millions of people are hearing what's being said, are being exposed to it, and are processing it." Bock offers a more constructive way of dealing with the controversy. "A better way to handle this is not to turn your back on it and walk away, but really to engage the topic and get hold of resources that leaders in the church oftentimes will provide." According to Bock, who is a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, many Christian colleges are teaching the same historical and biblical revisionism featured in The Da Vinci Code.       Breaking the Da Vinci Code - Audiobook on CD Description: Many who have read the New York Times best-seller 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, Darrell Bock, Ph.D., responds to the novelist's claims using central ancient texts and answers the following questions: Many who have read the New York Times best-seller 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, Darrell Bock, Ph.D. responds to the novelist's claims using central ancient texts and answers the following questions: Who was Mary Magdalene? Was Jesus Married? Would Jesus Being Single be Un-Jewish? Do the So-Called Secret, Gnostic Gospels Help Us Understand Jesus? How Were the New Testament Gospels Assembled? Does Mary's Honored Role as Apostle Match the Claims of the New School? 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 distinguishes fictitious entertainment from the historical elements of the Christian faith, and it is by identifying these differences that one can break the da Vinci code. Ultimately, though, there is another code lurking behind the pages of this novel. Most readers of the novel have no idea that this other code is there. In fact Bock didn't notice it at first himself. Breaking the Da Vinci Code will lead readers to discover why this novel has become something of a public phenomenon and why the issues it raises are worthy of careful study and reflection.

Cracking Da Vinci's Code: You've Read The Fiction Now Read the Facts

By: James L. Garlow & Peter Jones
Description: Are your friends---or you---wondering if Dan Brown's best-selling thriller is really fiction? After all, it reads like irrefutable fact! Garlow and Jones confront the suspense novel's heresy and false teaching with true and accurate Christian theology. They trace Brown's misguided hypothesis back to its roots, revealing pagan influences in today's culture---and the church! 256 pages, softcover from Cook.

Cracking Da Vinci’s Code Passes 135,000 in Sales; Makes USA Today’s Bestseller List!

Colorado Springs, CO— Victor Books’ March 2004 release, Cracking Da Vinci’s Code—You’ve Read the Fiction, Now read the Facts, will appear at number 138 on USAToday.com’s bestseller list on Thursday, April 22.

The book, written by Dr. James Garlow and Dr. Peter Jones, addresses controversial ideas presented in The Da Vinci Code (Doubleday) by Dan Brown that Christians consider heretical doctrines veiled in a fiction novel. The authors, graduates of Harvard and Princeton respectively, are scheduled to appear on several national TV venues, including the FOX network and a live interview with Paula Zahn on CNN this Friday.

Cracking Da Vinci’s Code is already in its third printing, having printed its first two consecutive runs of 90,000 and 40,000 in less than a month. This third printing of 40,000 will bring the total to 170,000 copies now in print since the book’s release in March.

Description: Blurring the line between fact and fiction, Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code raises a controversial question. Did the early church suppress ancient documents revealing long-buried secrets about Jesus? Witherington takes you back to the time following Christ's death to reveal what we can really know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, the canonical Gospels, and their Gnostic rivals. 252 pages, sofcover from InterVarsity.
 
 

 The Da Vinci Deception: Credible Answers to the Questions Millions are Asking about Jesus, The Bible, and the Da Vinci Code by Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Description: Was Jesus really married to Mary Magdalene? Did they actually have children who intermarried with the French royal family? Has the church been hiding the truth for centuries? In his bestselling work of fiction, The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown blurs the lines between history and fiction, giving the impression they are one and the same and that Christianity is based on a lie. In The DaVinci Deception, renowned theologian and pastor of the world famous Moody Church in Chicago, Dr. Erwin Lutzer,examines the "facts" behind the bestselling novel, clarifies the issues involved in the deception, and equips readers with the truth.
 

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