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Ehrman. Bart D.

Truth and fiction in The Da Vinci Code: a historian reveals what we

really know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine I

by Bart D. Ehrman.

p. em. Includes index.

ISBN 0-19-518140-9

l. Brovm, Dan, 1964· Da Vinci code.

2. Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, d. 337-ln literature.

3. Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, d. 337-Religion.

4. Mary Magdalene, Saint-In literature.

5. Christian saints in literature.

6. Jesus Christ-In literature.

7. Christianity and lilerature.

8. Christianity in literature.

I. Title.

PS1552.R685414Dll152004

813'.54-<1c22 2004056805

Credits/or illllstrations. Fig. I: Vannil Art Resource, NY;

Fig. 2a (caves): Bart Ehrman; Fig. 2b (scrolls): Israel Museum, Jerusalem;

Figs. 3 and 4: InstilUte for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont, CA;

Fig. 5: British Library, London; Fig. 6: Rylands Library, University of Manchester;

Fig. 7: Andre Held; Fig. 8: Scala/ Art Resource, NY.

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on acid-free paper

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

Part 1: The Emperor Constantine,

the New Testament, and the

Other Gospels

1. The Role of Constantine in Early Christianity 3

2. The Discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls

and the Nag Hammadi Library 25

3. The Other Gospels 47

4. Constantine and the Formation of the

New Testament Canon 73

viii

CONTENTS

Part 2: Jesus and Mary Magdalene

5. The Historical Sources for Jesus 97

6. The Historical Jesus of Our Sources 119

7. Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Marriage 141

8. The Feminine in Early Christianity 163

Epilogue 185

Notes 191

Index 199

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