Annotated Bibliography
Related to the critique of “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown
The Apostolic Fathers, by J.B. Lightfoot, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, 1978. (Contains the complete texts of the “Apostolic Fathers”, the generation of Christians following after the Apostles.)
Breaking the Da Vinci Code, by Darrell L. Bock, Nelson Books, Nashville, 2004. Excellent critique by New Testament scholar from Dallas Theological Seminary.
A Case For Easter, by Lee Strobel, Zondervan Publishing, Grand Rapids, 2003. And investigation by a journalist, interviewing various scholars and experts on the evidence for the resurrection in history.
The Canon of Scripture, by F.F. Bruce, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 1988. An excellent treatment of how the Old and New Testaments came into being.
The Canon of the New Testament, b. Bruce M. Metzger, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1997. An excellent by one of most widely recognized authorities on the textual development of the Bible.
The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown, Doubleday, New York, 2003.
A General Introduction to the Bible, by Norman L. Geisler, Moody Press, Chicago, 1979. Broad treatment of the subject of “bibliology”, that is, the study of how the Bible came into being, was collected, transmitted and translated so that we have the Bible in our language and in our hands today.
The New Testament Documents: Are The Reliable? by F.F. Bruce, InterVarsity Press, 1981. This classic, first published in 1943 has been updated and reprinted over and over again. It remains one of the most popular introduction to this subject to this day.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ Excellent Compilation of most of the “early Christian writings”
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2004-10-21-da-vinci-code_x.htm. Takes a look at some of the geographical errors in “The Da Vinci Code”.
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/145/story_14506_1.html. Critique by Darrell Bock, Ph. D., Research Professor of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary.
http://www.denverseminary.edu/dj/articles2004/0200/0202.php. Critique by Dr. Craig Bloomberg, Ph. D., Dstinguished Professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary.
http://www.crisismagazine.com/specialreport.htm. “Dismantling the Da Vinci Code” by Sandra Miesle, Crisis Magazine.
http://www.truthnet.org/Christianity/cults/davincicode/ “Debunking the Da Vinci Code”. This is a point by point, response to the allegations and errors of the book, by Phil Karayan. Presented in a very interesting way.
http://www.garrett.northwestern.edu/content.asp?C=20013&bhcp=1, by Ted A. Campbell, President, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.