Breaking the Da Vinci Code

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<p>Many who have read the <em>New York Times</em> bestseller <em>The Da Vinci Code</em> have questions that arise from seven codes-expressed or implied-in Dan Brown's book. In <em>Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking</em>, Darrell Bock, Ph.D., responds to the novelist's claims using central ancient texts and answers the following questions: </p> <ul> <li>Who was Mary Magdalene?</li> <li>Was Jesus Married?</li> <li>Would Jesus Being Single be Un-Jewish?</li> <li>Do the So-Called Secret Gnostic Gospels Help Us Understand Jesus?</li> <li>What Is the Remaining Relevance of <em>The Da Vinci Code</em>?</li></ul> <p>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 <em>The Da Vinci Code</em> rise or fall on the b