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de-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of the Da Vinci Code [Paperback]

Amy Welborn
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April 1 2004
De-Coding Da Vinci is a handy, thorough, yet easy-to-read resource that can help readers understand the difference between fact and fiction in the best-selling novel by Dan Brown.

De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Code addresses the misrepresentation of history, religion and art in The Da Vinci Code. Did Leonardo actually build these codes into his paintings? Was the Priory of Sion a real organization? Is the Holy Grail really, as he says, Mary Magdalene's womb and now her bones, and not the Last Supper cup? Is Opus Dei really what The Da Vinci Code says it is? What was Constantine's true role in early Christianity? Was Jesus human or divine or both? Was He married to Mary Magdalene? Do secret writings not in the Bible really contain truths about Jesus, Mary Magdalene and the sacred feminine?

Complete with discussion questions and suggestions for further reading in every chapter, this is the perfect book to accurately answer questions as well as inspire further conversation. It can be used either as a personal resource to expand one's knowledge of the issues raised by The Da Vinci Code or to lead a discussion for a book club, a church group or to discuss with friends who've read the book and have questions that need to be answered.


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5.0 out of 5 stars Great little critique of DA VINCI Jun 18 2004
Format:Paperback
I read DA VINCI at the urging of a friend at work, and was familiar enough with history to recognize it for the outrageous fraud that it is, but I was most pleased to pick up Welborn's little book and find so much in it that I didn't know. Her discussion of the "deal" that writers of historical fiction implicitly make with their readers was especially interesting. It's an effective refutation of Brown's own disclaimer, "It's only a novel," to those people impolite enough to question his grievous historical errors.

Brown, though he strenuously protests that his book is based on careful research, gets easily discoverable facts completely wrong, or simply makes them up. He has a deeply anti-Catholic agenda, too, because his errors and distortions seem designed to wreak maximum damage on the Church.

All in all, DA VINCI is preposterous, and Welborn does a great job of blowing the boat out of the water, and teaching some fascinating history besides. Great stuff.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars I also want my two hours back Jun 16 2004
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The book is written in a very condescending manner which I found to be insulting at best. Amy Welborn does not appear to understand that Dan Brown's novel was fictional.

I struggled to finish this trite novel and I now wish I had spent my time more wisely.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm... Jun 17 2004
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Format:Paperback
The reviewer from Huntsville evidently skipped the portions of this book in which Welborn clearly explains why she wrote her book. "The Da Vinci Code" is a novel, she writes, but the author (Dan Brown) makes claims both in the novel and on his website that the historical assertions he's making are sound. They're not. Ask any historian of any type about Jesus, Mary Magadalene and the Priory of Sion and they'll tell you it's bunk.

No, Welborn makes clear that her book is for those who don't seem to understand that the Da Vinci Code is, in fact, fiction. And there are people like that - read the reader reviews for the novel if you doubt. The point is...if you read the Da Vinci Code as a novel and enjoyed it at that novel, great. But if you left it wondering if what Dan Brown says about early Christianity was true or not - and he makes some pretty radical claims, like early Christians didn't believe Jesus was divine - then you need to pick up this great book which answers those questions clearly and succintly and gives good suggestions for deeper study.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Far less than I expected.
There are a lot of good points in this book, unfortunately, the author does not remain very objective and takes every chance that she can to slam Dan Brown. Read more
Published on Mar 2 2005 by Andrew Pitt
5.0 out of 5 stars get a life
anti-catholic? historically wrong? ... as much as we want to think we know everything. WE DON'T. We are always uncovering new facts in history, correcting our mistakes. Read more
Published on Jan 4 2005 by futboler
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you, Amy Welborn!
Unlike "DaVinci's Code", this book is coherent, interesting, and well-reseaarched. The only mystery in "DaVinci's Code" is how so many can be so gullible!
Published on Dec 18 2004 by Kathleen Chabot
1.0 out of 5 stars Please
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Yeah, both views are interessant but people seems to take Dan Burstein's book too seriously. That's a novel not a bible... Read more
Published on Sep 30 2004 by Marie
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent rebuttal by a gifted writer
Mrs. Welborn has written an excellent rebuttal to 'The Da Vinci Code'. The novel itself was rather bad and despite its proclamation to be factual, was anything but -- consequently,... Read more
Published on Jun 27 2004 by Christopher Blosser
5.0 out of 5 stars I know art...
And Ms. Welborn's book is quite accurate on that score. The Da Vinci Code would have been laughable if the misinformation weren't so damaging to the truth about Leondardo and the... Read more
Published on Jun 25 2004
1.0 out of 5 stars Loose with her facts
Ms. Welborn used her facts loosely making assertions that were only one interpretation of the facts. Read more
Published on Jun 19 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Takes care of it
Good stuff here. I got a good education in early Christian history, filling in points no one ever bothered to mention in church, and for sure that Dan Brown got way wrong in his... Read more
Published on Jun 15 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Buy copies to give away
I have plenty of friends who read "The Da Vinci Code" and who seem to think that it describes some sort of factual, accurate history. Read more
Published on Jun 15 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars Details are important
When "The Da Vinci Code" was released, it was hailed as an intellectual thriller. Dan Brown was presented as an expert on art and history and religion, so that the reader... Read more
Published on Jun 15 2004
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