The DaVinci Myth vs. The Gospel Truth - Online Christian Library

THE DA VINCI MYTH VS THE GOSPEL TRUTH
Church from Spong. He has generated a few books now
that essentially deny key tenets of the historic Christian
faith. His latest attack is entitled Sins of the Bible.
Unfortunately, the former bishop is not alone.
Jesus the Man presents Jesus as a divorced father of
three, who later remarries a woman bishop. The book
was written by a woman professor at the Department of
Divinity of Sydney University. When it came out, the
book was reportedly selling “like hotcakes” in Australia
and in America. 63 Even if that sales report is true for that
particular volume (and I must add that I have never
come across a copy), there is no doubt that in the religious
book market, the evangelical volumes (that promote
faith, not denigrate it) sell the best, even though
they are sometimes hard to find in the secular bookstores.
Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography is an iconoclastic
book written by John Dominic Crossan, a scholar and
professor (since retired) at a major Catholic University
(DePaul in Chicago). He views the Gospel writers as
engaging in what one journalist labeled “retrospective
mythmaking.” 64 The book denies such essential
Christian doctrines as the Virgin Birth and the
Resurrection; instead, he believes it is likely that the body
of the Lord was eaten by dogs.
And now comes The Da Vinci Code, not written by a
scholar, and full of historical errors, as noted in the last
chapter, and misinforming millions on the details of the
historic Christian faith.
These are not obscure books with a tiny audience.
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