Dan Brown's bestseller - facts and lies

Sites supporting The Da Vinci Code

• Dan Brown's site
• The Sony site
• The Da Vinci Challenge
  A site set up by Sony to head off accusations of helping to attack the Church. Gives a platform to critics.
• Visiting locations mentioned

Reviews of the book and the film

• Crisis Magazine book review
  This long article efficiently destroys most of Dan Brown's assertions about the Bible, the Christian Church and so on.
• Stanley E. Porter.
  A long, scholarly review discussing in great detail the formation of the New Testament canon and other important issues raised in TDVC.
• Rotten Tomatoes
  200 reviews of the film. Despite the site's name, they are not all dismissive.

Errors in the book

• Cracking the Da Vinci Code
  A general refutation from Catholic Answers.
• Opus Dei site
  This website gives links to several other serious sites, as well as putting the facts about Opus Dei itself.
• Crash Goes The Da Vinci Code
  A very thorough examination of claims made in The Da Vinci Code. Click here only if you are prepared to think!
• The Real Da Vinci Code
  Web chat with the Channel 4 programme producer.
• Jesu decoded
  The American Catholic Bishops' response to The Da Vinci Code.
• Wikipedia: criticisms of The Da Vinci Code
• The official Church of England response
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  The Re Jesus website's exploration of the Code.

On Mary Magdalene

• Article on Mary Magdalene
  All that the New Testament tells us about Mary Magdalene.
• The BBC website's page on Mary Magdalene.
• Time magazine's chatty discussion.

On other (gnostic) Gospels

• The Archbishop of Canterbury on the Gospel of Judas
• Gospel of Philip translation
• Gospel of Thomas translation
• About the Gospel of Thomas
• Gospel of Mary Magdalene translation
• Gospel of Judas

Other related links

• Interviews with the Master of the Temple (1) in The Times : (2) in The War Cry