TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ehrman,Bart D.
TI  - Truth and fiction in The Da Vinci code: a historian reveals what we really know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine 
SN  - 0195181409
U1  - 813.54 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Brown, Dan,
KW  - Constantine
KW  - Mary Magdalene,
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Christian saints in literature
KW  - Christianity and literature
KW  - Christianity in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1. The Emperor Constantine, the New Testament, and the other Gospels. The role of Constantine in early Christianity -- The discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library -- The other Gospels -- Constantine and the formation of the New Testament canon -- pt. 2. Jesus and Mary Magdalene. The historical sources for Jesus -- The historical Jesus of our sources -- Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and marriage -- The feminine in early Christianity
N2  - A biblical historian examines the history of the early Christian church that forms the background for "The Da Vinci Code," pointing out inaccuracies in the novel and providing an introduction to biblical scholarship
ER  -