{"product_id":"the-gospel-code-novel-claims-about-jesus-mary-magdalene-and-da-vinci-9780830832675","title":"The Gospel Code: Novel Claims about Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Da Vinci","description":"\u003cp\u003eDan Brown's international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Da Vinci Code\u003c\/i\u003e has raised many questions in the minds of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWas Jesus really married to Mary Magdalene?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid he father a child with her? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid Constantine suppress the earliest Gospels and invent the doctrine of Christ's divinity? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo the Gnostic Gospels represent the true Christian faith which the early church sought to supplant?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Da Vinci Code\u003c\/i\u003e, in blurring the lines between fact and fiction, popularizes the speculations and contentions of numerous more serious books that are also attracting wide attention. How should we respond to claims that we now have documents that reveal secrets about Jesus, secrets long suppressed by the church and other religious institutions? Do these new documents successfully debunk traditional views about Jesus and early Christianity? Ben Witherington III confronts these claims with the sure-footedness of a New Testament scholar, yet in the plain language that any interested reader can follow. He takes us back to the early centuries after Jesus' death and tells us what we can really know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, the canonical Gospels and their Gnostic rivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Witherington III (PhD, University of Durham) is Jean R. Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. A prominent evangelical scholar, he is also on the doctoral faculty at St. Andrews University in Scotland. Witherington has written over forty books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Jesus Quest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Paul Quest, \u003c\/i\u003e both of which were selected as top biblical studies works by \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today.\u003c\/i\u003e His other works include \u003ci\u003eThe Indelible Image\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWomen and the Genesis of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel Code\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Week in the Life of Corinth\u003c\/i\u003e and commentaries on the entire New Testament. He also writes for many church and scholarly publications and is a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003ePatheos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeliefnet\u003c\/i\u003e. Witherington is an elected member of the prestigious Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, a society dedicated to New Testament studies. He is a John Wesley Fellow for Life, a research fellow at Cambridge University and a member of numerous professional organizations, including the Society of Biblical Literature, Society for the Study of the New Testament and the Institute for Biblical Research. He previously taught at institutions like Ashland Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, Duke Divinity School and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. An ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church and a popular lecturer, Witherington has presented seminars for churches, colleges and biblical meetings around the world. He has led numerous study tours through the lands of the Bible and is known for bringing the text to life through incisive historical and cultural analysis. Along with many interviews on radio and television networks across the country, Witherington has been seen in programs such as \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e20\/20\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDateline\u003c\/i\u003e and the Peter Jennings ABC special \u003ci\u003eJesus and Paul--The Word and the Witness\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50329998786834,"sku":"9780830832675","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc1f90d7-d49f-4b15-8c50-fa14e2775573.jpg?v=1727788414","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gospel-code-novel-claims-about-jesus-mary-magdalene-and-da-vinci-9780830832675","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}