The Da Vinci Code Movie is on its way
The Da Vinci Code Movie (2006) (Link to the Internet Movie Database)
The Da Vinci Code Movie (Sony Pictures Link)
So you've read the book. You've asked the questions. Is this stuff really true?
No doubt you have had discussions about Mary Magdalene (or is that Magdala?), the Holy Grail, Hieros Gamos (Holy Wedding) and on and on.
Some of you may have even seen some of the sights mentioned in the book. Perhaps you saw the rose line at Saint-Sulpice. Perhaps you gazed at Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa or stood under the glass pyramid at the Louvre. Perhaps you were able to do this on an exciting tour.
Well, the movie is about to come out. How do you think it will fare? Will it be 'faithful' to the book? Should it be? Will it be more fantastical than the book?
I enjoyed reading the book, but I was left a little disappointed. After all, the 'facts' adduced by Brown were not necessarily unknown. They simply were no longer very interesting. Or rather, perhaps to paraphrase Brown, they were no longer considered part of any canon and indeed contrary to the canon.
I suppose that last point is the one that a lot of people will want to cling to. Someone has failed to tell us the 'whole truth.' That then smacks of conspiracy and control.
More to the point: I think that the 'evidence' of this book is really only (possibly) evidence that there are alternative beliefs out there. There are alternative explanations of Mary Magdalene and Jesus. But simply because there are alternative explanations doesn't make them any more 'right' then the mainstream.
In the end, I think it is great that a book like this was written--it stimulates discussion among people of all ages. On my tours, in my classes and in every day discussions, I found a renewed interested in history. What more could I want as an educator?
There are a great number of sources that you might consider checking out on this subject. Here are few suggestions. ('Suggestions' not necessarily 'recommendations'; these are (just a few) sources of information. I would approach some of them with an open, but skeptical, mind.)
The Da Vinci Code
Secrets of the Da Vinci Code
The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code
The Woman with the Alabaster Jar
Tom
The Da Vinci Code Movie (Sony Pictures Link)
So you've read the book. You've asked the questions. Is this stuff really true?
No doubt you have had discussions about Mary Magdalene (or is that Magdala?), the Holy Grail, Hieros Gamos (Holy Wedding) and on and on.
Some of you may have even seen some of the sights mentioned in the book. Perhaps you saw the rose line at Saint-Sulpice. Perhaps you gazed at Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa or stood under the glass pyramid at the Louvre. Perhaps you were able to do this on an exciting tour.Well, the movie is about to come out. How do you think it will fare? Will it be 'faithful' to the book? Should it be? Will it be more fantastical than the book?
I enjoyed reading the book, but I was left a little disappointed. After all, the 'facts' adduced by Brown were not necessarily unknown. They simply were no longer very interesting. Or rather, perhaps to paraphrase Brown, they were no longer considered part of any canon and indeed contrary to the canon.
I suppose that last point is the one that a lot of people will want to cling to. Someone has failed to tell us the 'whole truth.' That then smacks of conspiracy and control.
More to the point: I think that the 'evidence' of this book is really only (possibly) evidence that there are alternative beliefs out there. There are alternative explanations of Mary Magdalene and Jesus. But simply because there are alternative explanations doesn't make them any more 'right' then the mainstream.
In the end, I think it is great that a book like this was written--it stimulates discussion among people of all ages. On my tours, in my classes and in every day discussions, I found a renewed interested in history. What more could I want as an educator?
There are a great number of sources that you might consider checking out on this subject. Here are few suggestions. ('Suggestions' not necessarily 'recommendations'; these are (just a few) sources of information. I would approach some of them with an open, but skeptical, mind.)
The Da Vinci Code
Secrets of the Da Vinci Code
The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code
The Woman with the Alabaster Jar
Tom
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