Breaking the Da Vinci Code

Many who have read the New York Times bestseller 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: Answers to the Questions Everyone’s Asking, 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
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, now available in trade paper, distinguishes fictitious entertainment from historical elements of the Christian faith. For by seeing these differences, one can break the Da Vinci code.

Author Biography

Darrell L. Bock, research professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, serves as professor for spiritual development and culture for the Seminary’s Center for Christian Leadership. A corresponding editor for Christianity Today, Bock is also past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He and his wife, Sally, have three children.