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Zusatztext Anyone worried or puzzled about the theological issues raised by Dan Brown could do worse than read Bart D Ehrman's Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code, a lucid unaggressive book by the chairman of the department of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, who actually enjoyed the novel. Informationen zum Autor Bart D. Ehrman chairs the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. One of the major public experts on early Christianity, Jesus, and the New Testament, he is very well known in his field and to a general audience through his books Lost Christianities, Lost Scriptures, and the forthcoming Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend. He has appeared onA&E, The History Channel, CNN, and other TV and radio shows, and has taped several highly popular lecture series for the "Teaching Company." Klappentext Historian Bart D. Ehrman shows that "The Da Vinci Code" is filled with numerous historical mistakes. He offers a wealth of fascinating background information--all historically accurate--on early Christianity. Zusammenfassung ruth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code^ is a serious appraisal of some of the claims that are directly made or imbedded in the incredibly successful work of popular fiction by Dan Brown, he Da Vinci Code^. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I: The Emperor Constantine, the New Testament, and the Other Gospels Chapter One: The Role of Constantine in Early Christianity Chapter Two: The Discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library Chapter Three: The Other Gospels Chapter Four: Constantine and the Formation of the New Testament Canon PART II: Jesus and Mary Magdalene Chapter Five: The Historical Sources for Jesus Chapter Six: The Historical Jesus of our Sources Chapter Seven: Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Marriage Chapter Eight: The Feminine in Early Christianity Epilogue
