Secrets of the code : the unauthorized guide to the mysteries behind the Da Vinci code / edited by Dan Burstein

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction: Searching for Sophia -- The Drama of Herstory, History, and Heresy -- Mary Magdalene and the Sacred Feminine -- Mary Magdalene How a Woman of Substance Was Harlotized by History -- Mary Magdalene: Saint or Sinner? / David Van Biema -- Sacred Sex and Divine Love: A Radical Reconceptualization of Mary Magdalene / Lynn Picknett -- The Woman With the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail / Margaret Starbird -- Mary Magdalene: The Model for Women in the Church / An Interview with Susan Haskins -- Mary Magdalene: Myth and Metaphor / Susan Haskins -- Mary Magdalene: Beyond the Myth / Esther de Boer -- "The Da Vinci Code uses fiction as a means to interpret historical obscurity ..." / An Interview with Deirdre Good -- Critiquing the Conspiracy Theory / An Interview with Katherine Ludwig Jansen -- The Beliefnet Debate -- A Quite Contrary Mary / Kenneth Woodward -- Letting Mary Magdalene Speak / Karen L. King -- "Is It Sinful to Engage in Sex within Marriage?" / An Interview with Rev. Richard P. McBrien -- The Sacred Feminine -- God Does Not Look Like a Man / An Interview with Margaret L. Starbird -- Mary and Jesus: Re-enacting Ancient Fertility Cults? / Margaret L. Starbird -- Royal Blood and Mary's Vine / Margaret L. Starbird -- The Gnostic Tradition and the Divine Mother / Elaine Pagels -- The Godman and the Goddess / An Interview with Timothy Freke -- Sophia's Journey: The Pagan Goddess of the Centuries Lost in the Modern Christian World / Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy -- The Chalice and the Blade: Archaeology, Anthropology, and the Sacred Feminine / Riane Eisler -- Echoes of the Hidden Past -- The Lost Gospels -- An Astonishing Find: The Keys to the Alternate Tradition and Their Meaning for Today / Elaine Pagels -- What the Nag Hammadi Texts Have to Tell Us About "Liberated" Christianity / An Interview with James M. Robinson -- What Was Lost Is Found: A Wider View of Christianity and Its Roots / An Interview with Elaine Pagels -- The Gospel of Thomas / Helmut Koester -- The Gospel of Thomas / Translated by Thomas O. Lambdin -- The Gospel of Philip / Wesley W. Isenberg -- The Gospel of Philip / Translated by Wesley W. Isenberg -- The Gospel of Mary / Karen King -- The Gospel of Mary / Translated by George W. MacRae, R. McL. Wilson -- Introducing the Sophia of Christ / Douglas M. Parrott -- The Sophia of Jesus Christ / Translated by Douglas M. Parrott -- The Early Days of Christianities -- The Pagan Mysteries Behind Early Christianity / Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy -- Early Mainstream Christianity Did Not Mean Simply Following Jesus / Lance S. Owens -- Diverging Views on Mythic Beginnings: Was Genesis History with a Moral, or a Myth with Meaning? / Stephan A. Hoeller -- Errors of Religious Omission and Commission in The DaVinci Code / Bart D. Ehrman -- Consolidation or Cover-up? The Establishment of the One True Faith -- The Jesus Mysteries / Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy -- Was Jesus Real? / An Interview with Timothy Freke -- God's Word or Human Words? / Elaine Pagels -- The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Didn't Get a Chance to Know / Interview with Bart D. Ehrman -- Heretics, Women, Magicians, and Mystics: The Fight to Become the One True Faith -- Why Were the Gnostics Considered Such a Threat? / Lance S. Owens -- Breaking the Da Vinci Code / Collin Hansen -- Secret Societies -- Recollections of a Gnostic Mass / John Castro -- Templar Revelation / Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince -- Researching Western Civilization's Darkest Secrets / An Interview with Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince -- Holy Blood, Holy Grail / Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln -- Opus Dei in the United States / James Martin, S.J. -- Opus Dei Responds to The Da Vinci Code -- Keeping the Secrets Secret -- The Mystery of Codes -- Da Vinci: Father of Cryptography / Michelle Delio -- The Human Mind Is Designed to Find Patterns / An Interview with Simon Singh -- Is God a Mathematician? / An Interview with Brendan McKay -- Anagram Fun -- Leonardo and His Secrets: The Secret Language of Architectural Symbolism -- The Secret Code of Leonardo da Vinci / Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince -- Thinking Far Outside the Frame / Lynn Picknett -- Trying to Make Sense of Leonardo's "Faded Smudge" / An Interview with Denise Budd -- "No, I do not believe there is a woman in the Last Supper ..." / An Interview with Diane Apostolos-Cappadona -- Musings on the Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci / Sherwin B. Nuland -- Temples of Symbols, Cathedrals of Codes -- Paris: In the Footsteps of The Da Vinci Code / David Downie -- The "Symbology" of The Da Vinci Code / An Interview with Diane Apostolos-Cappadona -- Rosslyn Chapel: The Cathedral of Codes and Symbols -- The Da Vinci Code Revealed -- 24 Hours, Two Cities, and the Future of Western Civilization -- Apocrypha and Revelations -- The Plot Holes and Intriguing Details of The Da Vinci Code / David Shugarts -- Following the Rose Line From Rosslyn to ... Florence? Thoughts about the Last Act of The Da Vinci Code / Dan Burstein -- Reviews and Commentaries on The Da Vinci Code -- Commentary, Criticism, and Observations -- The Real da Vinci Code / Lynn Picknett -- Religious Fiction / David Klinghoffer -- The Da Vinci Con / Laura Miller -- French Confection / Amy Bernstein -- What the French Are Saying About The Da Vinci Code / David Downie -- A Philosopher Looks at The Da Vinci Code / Glenn W. Erickson -- A Collision of Indiana Jones and Joseph Campbell The Web Interviewer Craig McDonald Interviews Dan Brown -- The Latin Etymology of The Da Vinci Code / David Burstein -- Underneath the Pyramid -- Sophie's Library -- A Rose by Any Other Name: A Guide to Who's Who in The Da Vinci Code / David A. Shugarts

Author's interpretation of the Da Vince Code, that has been listed on the New York Times Bestsellers list for over 52 weeks

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