The Da Vinci Code and TCC

It would be just about impossible to not have heard the commotion about the recent movie, based on the fictional book of the same name, The Da Vinci Code. Why has a work of fiction evoked such strong reactions around the globe ?

TCC has several items in our collection you might be interested in viewing -

The Da Vinci Code. While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci--clues visible for all to see--yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion--an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret--and an explosive historical truth--will be lost forever.
By Dan Brown

467p., illustrated edition. Doubleday 2004 PS3552.R685434 D3 2004b

Audiobook, abridged, 6 hours. TB PS3552.R685434 D3x 2003

Book, 454p., Doubleday 2003 PS3552.R685434 D3 2003

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The real history behind the Da Vinci Code
by Sharan Newman, 337p., Berkley Books, 2005
description PS3552.R685434 D336 2005


Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone is Asking
by Darrell Bock, Audiobook, 4.5 hrs, Oasis Audio, 2004
description TB PS3552.R685434 B731x 2004

Cracking the Da Vinci Code
DVD, 90 min. Ardustry Home Entertainment, 2004
Takes you on an in-depth journey through the heart of the mysteries behind Dan Brown's best-selling novel 'The Da Vinci code'. Cuts through the confusion, ultimately cracking Da Vinci's code and revealing the remarkable truth behind the legend of the Holy Grail. Probe new revelations in an exclusive discussion with the authors of the book 'The Templar Revelation', the main sourse for 'The Da Vinci code'. Listen to a renowned expert on comparative religion and Gnostic history, use current thinking and Christian history to reach startling conclusions.
A-V CVR 505

Da Vinci Code decoded
DVD 152 min, Disinformation, Co. 2004
This definitive documentary exploration of the novel, The Da Vinci Code, rounds up all the key players in the field to talk about key topics in the novel. Features stunning original photography from Paris, London, Scotland and France.
A-V CVR 504


Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Da Vinci
DVD 45min. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004
Host, Elizabeth Vargas explores the controversial questions raised by the bestselling novel, 'The Da Vinci Code'. She travels to significant locations around the world to seek out what evidence may exist to support them and visits with religion and art history scholars and others who offer their perspectives. ABC News.
A-V CVR 560

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more titles are available at TCC under these subjects: - see

• Grail, Legends
• Templars
• Mary Magdalene
  
  

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  Online sites of interest !

Catholic Answers: Cracking the Da Vinci Code

American Catholic Church:Da Vinci Code and the Catholic Church: What Catholics believe about Jesus

Opus Dei
Finding God in daily lifeOpus Dei is a Catholic institution founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá. Its mission is to spread the message that work and the circumstances of everyday life are occasions for growing closer to God, for serving others, and for improving society.

The Da Vinci Code, the Catholic Church and Opus Dei
A response to The Da Vinci Code from the Prelature of Opus Dei in the United States.

Ask.com results for Opus Dei

Knights Templar (Catholic Encyclopedia)http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14493a.htm

Breaking the Da Vinci Code - Christianity Today
by Collin Hansen, article. and many links to relevant resources - updated recently
The Da Vinci Code special section

'Da Vinci' undermines faith, survey claims
Controversy over film reaches fever pitch a day before its world debut
MSNBC News Services, May 16th, 2006

Da Vinci Code official website of publisher

New York Daily News - 'Code' hot, critics hotter, by Celia McGee

Da Vinci Code Blogs

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more titles can be found at the Leon County Public Library

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