Solving The Da Vinci Code Mystery

Few mystery novels have stirred as much interest and sparked as much discussion as Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code (Doubleday, 2003). Christians and non-Christians alike are drawn in by secret societies and intrigued by the notion of Mary Magdalene as Jesus' wife and the scandal of a massive cover-up by the church. But The Da Vinci Code is fiction, right?

Drawing on the Bible, non-canonical texts, and a wealth of historical thought and contemporary scholarship, Solving the Da Vinci Code Mystery helps readers to separate fact from fiction. It provides a context for understanding what we really know about the history of Christianity and the church. Rather than just discrediting and debunking the theories posed in the The Da Vinci Code, Solving the Da Vinci Code Mystery uses Dan Brown's postulates to explore the importance of many of the issues raised, including the loss of a sense of the sacred feminine in mainline Christianity, the importance of non-canonical gospels in early Christian communities, and the issues at play in the debates at Nicea and other early ecumenical councils.

Questions at the end of each chapter make Solving the Da Vinci Code Myster suitable for a group study or discussion.