num_pages: 208
description: Dan Brown's international bestseller The Da Vinci Code has raised many questions in the minds of readers. The Da Vinci Code , in blurring the lines between fact and fiction, popularizes the speculations and contentions of numerous more serious books that are also attracting wide attention. How should we respond to claims that we now have documents that reveal secrets about Jesus, secrets long suppressed by the church and other religious institutions? Do these new documents successfully debunk traditional views about Jesus and early Christianity? Ben Witherington III confronts these claims with the sure-footedness of a New Testament scholar, yet in the plain language that any interested reader can follow. He takes us back to the early centuries after Jesus' death and tells us what we can really know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, the canonical Gospels and their Gnostic rivals.
language: English
title: The Gospel Code: Novel Claims About Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Da Vinci
titlecomplete: The Gospel Code: Novel Claims About Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Da Vinci
genres: History, Christianity, Religion, Theology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 68
publisher: IVP