The Da Vinci Code

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Brown, Dan. The Da Vinci Code: A Novel.
New York: Doubleday. 2003, 454 pp. ISBN 0-385-50420-9

While well-received as a popular thriller, the book's prominent claim that All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate (emphasis added) has attracted criticism from academic reviewers.

Reviews

Cracking the Da Vinci Code — by Margaret M. Mitchell of the Marty Center at the University of Chicago. She lists 'patent inaccuracies' and gray areas.

http://marty-center.uchicago.edu/sightings/archive_2003/0924.shtml

Cracks in the Da Vinci Code — Ronald Huggins examines its treatment of the Gospel of Philip and of da Vinci's 'The Last Supper'. Focused rather than general.

http://www.irr.org/da-vinci-code.html

Da Vinci Code Research Guide — A list of resources from About.com: Your Guide to the People, places, and philosophy behind the Da Vinci Code. Generally in agreement with the book.

http://altreligion.about.com/library/bl_davincicode.htm

Da Vinci Hoax, The — by Robert M. Price, a higher-critical scholar

http://www.robertmprice.mindvendor.com/dvhoax.htm

Denver Journal Review — A review by a leading conservative NT Scholar, Craig Blomberg. Comments on various issues himself and recommends the best reference books at each point.

http://www.denverseminary.edu/dj/articles2004/0200/0202.php

The Da Vinci Code Homepage — At Dan Brown's website, quoting and linking some favourable reviews.

http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/reviews.html

Why the 'Lost Gospels' Lost Out — by Ben Witherington III, of Asbury Theological Seminary, in Christianity Today magazine

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2004/006/7.26.html

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Predecessors of Dan Brown

This is a very informative collection of links; it might be also useful to have some mention or links about the book that Dan Brown took most of his ideas from "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" (which is as historically selective as Brown).