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Suggested Resources for The Da Vinci Code
 

• Online Articles/Sermons
   
• General
   
• Craig Blomberg’s Review of The Da Vinci Code
  http://www.denverseminary.edu/dj/articles2004/0200/0202.php
   
• Dismantling the Da Vinci Code
  by Sandra Miesel
  (a Roman Catholic article)
  http://www.leaderu.com/popculture/dismantlingdavinci.html
   
• A Critique of The Da Vinci Code
  (a Roman Catholic treatment)
  by Carl E. Olson
  with Sandra Miesel
  -part one - http://www.envoymagazine.com/planetenvoy/Review-DaVinci-Part1.htm
  -part two - http://www.envoymagazine.com/PlanetEnvoy/Review-DaVinci-part2-Full.htm
   
• "As One Who Serves" - NT Wright speaks to the Gospel of Judas and the Da Vinci Code
  http://www.ntwrightpage.com/sermons/Sermon_As_One_Who_Serves.htm
   
• On Specific Topics
   
• Were Jesus and Mary Magdalene Married?
   
• Mary, Mary, Extraordinary
  by Ben Witherington III
  http://www.leaderu.com/theology/maryandjesus.html
   
• Was Jesus Married?
  by Darrell Bock
  http://www.leaderu.com/theology/wasjesusmarried.html
   
• Was Jesus Married? A Careful Look at the Real Evidence
  by Rev. Dr. Mark D. Roberts
  http://www.markdroberts.com/htmfiles/resources/jesusmarried.htm
  
  
   
• Did the Church Believe that Jesus was Divine Before the Council of Nicea (325 A.D.)
• Did Christian Writers of the Second Century Believe in the Incarnation?
  by Roger Pearse
  http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/incarnation.html
   
• The Deity of Christ
  by Don Closson
  http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/deityofx.html

• Did the Council of Nicea (325 A.D.) Determine Which Gospels Should Make it into the Canon?
• Why the 'Lost Gospels' Lost Out
  by Ben Witherington III
  
  http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/006/7.26.html
   
• The Da Vinci Code, Corrected
  by Craig Keener
  http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/006/7.26.html
   
• The Gnostic Gospels and the Canon of Scripture
  by J. Ed Komoszewski and James M. Sawyer
  http://www.go.family.org/davinci/content/A000000049.cfm
   
• The Development of the Canon of the New Testament
  Glenn Davis has put together a very interesting reference page.
  For example, his Cross Reference Page lists Fathers and important
  canonical lists and notes when they reference each NT book.
  Davis also has a page on New Testament Apocryphal Writings, including the Gnostic Gospels.
  http://www.ntcanon.org/information.shtml
• The Antiquity and Reliability of the New Testament
  by Rev. Dr. Mark D. Roberts
  http://www.markdroberts.com/htmfiles/resources/davinciopportunity.htm#mar2006
   
• Books
   
• Breaking the Da Vinci Code :
  Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking
  byDarrell L. Bock
   
• The Gospel Code:
  Novel Claims About Jesus, Mary Magdalene
  and Da Vinci
  byBen Witherington III
   
• The Da Vinci Hoax:
  Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code
  by Carl E. Olson and Sandra Miesel
  This Roman Catholic resource is perhaps
  the most comprehensive book-length treatment available.
  
   
• Websites
   
• Leadership University’s The Da Vinci Code Site
  http://www.leaderu.com/focus/davincicode.html
   
• The Da Vinci Dialogue
  Sony Pictures Entertainment created this site in conjunction with Grace Hill Media, a consulting firm that works with religious communities and motion picture studios. on more than 80 films. http://www.thedavincichallenge.com/
   
• The Truth about Da Vinci
  This site was just launched on Good Friday 2006 by Westminster Theological Seminary
  http://thetruthaboutdavinci.com/
   
• The Da Vinci Opportunity
  A series of articles posted by the Rev. Dr. Mark D Roberts
  http://www.markdroberts.com/htmfiles/resources/davinciopportunity.htm
   
• Church History and Biography Da Vinci Code Site
  http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/special/davincicode.html
   
• The Da Vinci Code News (blog)
  http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/comments/davinci/news.html
   
• The Da Vinci Code's Ancient Heresies
  Christianity Today's Rob Moll provides a narrative that links to various CT publication articles covering varying aspects of The Da Vinci Code
  http://www.ctlibrary.com/10428
• Additional Resourceshttp://faithmaps.blogspot.com/2006/04/suggested-resources-for-da-vinci-code.html
  
   
• Audio Resources
   
• Deciphering the Da Vinci Code
  Featuring 3 Audio presentations by Dr. Darrell L Bock of Dallas Theological Seminary plus a number of other presentations relevant to the Da Vinci Code
  http://www.nbctexas.org/media/davinci.htm
   
• Breaking the Da Vinci Code
  A stand alone presentation by Dr. Bock
  http://www.bethinking.org/resource.php?ID=211&Media=Audio&MediaType=Download
   
• The Da Vinci Code: Was there a Plan to Suppress “Secret” Gospels?
  by Dr. Craig Blomberg (scroll down to the Feb. 18th Lecture under “Biblical Reliability Conference”)
  http://www.maclaurin.org/mp3s.php
• The Da Vinci Code: Was There a Conspiracy to Concoct a Divine Jesus?
  by Dr. Craig Blomberg (scroll down to the Feb. 19th Lecture under “Biblical Reliability Conference”)
  http://www.maclaurin.org/mp3s.php

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