The Da Vinci Deception

by Erwin W. Lutzer

Book Overview

Estuvieron realmente casados Jes s y Mar a Magdalena? Es esta una verdad que la Iglesia ha escondido por siglos? El muy conocido te logo y maestro de la Biblia, Erwin W. Lutzer examina El C digo de Da... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1414306334
• ISBN13: 9781414306339
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Living Books
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding work

I own and have read a number of these books by both Catholics and Protestants. I heard Lutzer on a radio program and had to get this book. It is well written and provides accurate rebuttals of most if not all of Brown's errors. The writing is clear and concise. While he does not provide a bibliography the endnotes do list his sources. I have only two minor complaints. The type face is a little small for my eyes, but the alternative would be a longer book with more pages and higher cost. My second complaint is that the FAQ's appear either before or well after the material in the main text. this could have been organized a bit better. All in all if you want a clear explanation of Brown's errors buy this book or the one by the same title written by Mark Shea and Edward Sri.

Gnostic Faith vs. Christian Faith

I have not read the Da Vinci Code, because what I have heard about the book through sources I trust. Erwin Lutzer describes the history according to the Code and how evangelical Christianity understand the history of the church described in the bible and later sources. The Da Vinci Code is an argument for Gnosticism, but not all Gnostic would agree with the Da Vinci Code. The Da Vinci Code would argue that Gnostic sources are a more accurate description of the teachings of Jesus. Lutzer makes clear one cannot rationally accept both the traditional Bible and Gnostic sources as complimentary. He also presents arguments why the historic Bible is the accurate portrayal of Jesus and God the Father. The Da Vinci code written by Dan Brown is a novel that presents concepts and teachings that are contrary to scripture. In the work the characters discover sexist and power grabbing reasons why the church fathers were antagonistic to the Gnostic writings. The Gnostic writings teach a hidden wisdom to enlightenment and self improvement:Theology of an inner light and free thinking. Erwin Lutzer argues that's what makes the Da Vinci Code attractive to feminist and believers in relativism. Pluralistic society do not trust the one truth that is in Christianity. This book is about debunking the arguments in the Da Vinci Code. It is only a starting point to understanding how the bible is formed. Gnostic writings are an alternative gospel and should not be incorporated with Bible. I agree with the one reviewer that if Evangelical and Roman Catholic churches taught on weightier subjects. The Da Vinci Code would lose its attraction as new revealed truth. But instead be understand as old rejected falsehoods.

Excellent treatment of FACTS

Lutzer's book is straightforward and easy to read. He points out all of the blatant lies and more subtle half-truths found in Dan Brown's book. People already opposed to true Christianity won't like this book because, through careful examination of the facts, it shows why the Bible is accurate and true. Lutzer demonstrates that what the Bible tells us about Jesus is much more based on fact than Dan Brown's work of fiction. I highly recommend it to anyone who is seeking answers to the questions raised by The DaVinci Code.

Terrific, easy-to-understand, quick read

This is a great book for the reader without a theological degree who doesn't want to wade through a thick, jargon-filled treatise on the history of the Bible and Christianity. Probably the best resource for a book group or adult Sunday school class about the DaVinci Code.

Solid History versus Fiction

Finally, a book which delves into real verifiable history and lays it up against Brown's fictional book. As a person who studies church history and early writings, I am very pleased with how Lutzer clears up the confusion generated by Brown's non-studied fictional book. I just wish Dan Brown had set his book in "a far off land" so that I wouldn't be confronted with people asking me, as a christian researcher, "What do you think of the Da vinci code?". Apart from the names, pretty much all the events in Dan's book are fiction. Fiction is fiction. Ancient history is history. One of these things is not like the other. Other books of interest may include "I don't have enough faith to be an atheist" by Norm Geisler.