Secrets of the Code (2004 Burstein), non-fiction
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Secrets of the Code: The Unauthorized Guide to the Mysteries behind the Da Vinci Code (2004) is a non-fiction volume edited by Daniel Burstein.
Abstract
"Secrets of the Code, a five-month New York Times bestseller, is a sweeping tour, guided by renowned experts, through the many provocative ideas raised in The Da Vinci Code. With excerpts from many original works, all-new material, and interviews with prominent scholars exploring the novel’s underlying themes, Secrets of the Code will satisfy your curiosity, engage your imagination, and provide you with insights to better understand the historical and religious issues of the novel."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in New York, NY: CDS Books, 2004.
Translations
Table of contents
Introduction: Searching for Sophia -- The Drama of Herstory, History, and Heresy -- Mary Magdalene and the Sacred Feminine -- Mary Magdalene How a Woman of Substance Was Harlotized by History -- Mary Magdalene: Saint or Sinner? / David Van Biema -- Sacred Sex and Divine Love: A Radical Reconceptualization of Mary Magdalene / Lynn Picknett -- The Woman With the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail / Margaret Starbird -- Mary Magdalene: The Model for Women in the Church / An Interview with Susan Haskins -- Mary Magdalene: Myth and Metaphor / Susan Haskins -- Mary Magdalene: Beyond the Myth / Esther de Boer -- "The Da Vinci Code uses fiction as a means to interpret historical obscurity ..." / An Interview with Deirdre Good -- Critiquing the Conspiracy Theory / An Interview with Katherine Ludwig Jansen -- The Beliefnet Debate -- A Quite Contrary Mary / Kenneth Woodward -- Letting Mary Magdalene Speak / Karen L. King -- "Is It Sinful to Engage in Sex within Marriage?" / An Interview with Rev. Richard P. McBrien -- The Sacred Feminine -- God Does Not Look Like a Man / An Interview with Margaret L. Starbird -- Mary and Jesus: Re-enacting Ancient Fertility Cults? / Margaret L. Starbird -- Royal Blood and Mary's Vine / Margaret L. Starbird -- The Gnostic Tradition and the Divine Mother / Elaine Pagels -- The Godman and the Goddess / An Interview with Timothy Freke -- Sophia's Journey: The Pagan Goddess of the Centuries Lost in the Modern Christian World / Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy -- The Chalice and the Blade: Archaeology, Anthropology, and the Sacred Feminine / Riane Eisler -- Echoes of the Hidden Past -- The Lost Gospels -- An Astonishing Find: The Keys to the Alternate Tradition and Their Meaning for Today / Elaine Pagels -- What the Nag Hammadi Texts Have to Tell Us About "Liberated" Christianity / An Interview with James M. Robinson -- What Was Lost Is Found: A Wider View of Christianity and Its Roots / An Interview with Elaine Pagels -- The Gospel of Thomas / Helmut Koester -- The Gospel of Thomas / Translated by Thomas O. Lambdin -- The Gospel of Philip / Wesley W. Isenberg -- The Gospel of Philip / Translated by Wesley W. Isenberg -- The Gospel of Mary / Karen King -- The Gospel of Mary / Translated by George W. MacRae, R. McL. Wilson -- Introducing the Sophia of Christ / Douglas M. Parrott -- The Sophia of Jesus Christ / Translated by Douglas M. Parrott -- The Early Days of Christianities -- The Pagan Mysteries Behind Early Christianity / Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy -- Early Mainstream Christianity Did Not Mean Simply Following Jesus / Lance S. Owens -- Diverging Views on Mythic Beginnings: Was Genesis History with a Moral, or a Myth with Meaning? / Stephan A. Hoeller -- Errors of Religious Omission and Commission in The DaVinci Code / Bart D. Ehrman -- Consolidation or Cover-up? The Establishment of the One True Faith -- The Jesus Mysteries / Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy -- Was Jesus Real? / An Interview with Timothy Freke -- God's Word or Human Words? / Elaine Pagels -- The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Didn't Get a Chance to Know / Interview with Bart D. Ehrman -- Heretics, Women, Magicians, and Mystics: The Fight to Become the One True Faith -- Why Were the Gnostics Considered Such a Threat? / Lance S. Owens -- Breaking the Da Vinci Code / Collin Hansen -- Secret Societies -- Recollections of a Gnostic Mass / John Castro -- Templar Revelation / Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince -- Researching Western Civilization's Darkest Secrets / An Interview with Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince -- Holy Blood, Holy Grail / Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln -- Opus Dei in the United States / James Martin, S.J. -- Opus Dei Responds to The Da Vinci Code -- Keeping the Secrets Secret -- The Mystery of Codes -- Da Vinci: Father of Cryptography / Michelle Delio -- The Human Mind Is Designed to Find Patterns / An Interview with Simon Singh -- Is God a Mathematician? / An Interview with Brendan McKay -- Anagram Fun -- Leonardo and His Secrets: The Secret Language of Architectural Symbolism -- The Secret Code of Leonardo da Vinci / Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince -- Thinking Far Outside the Frame / Lynn Picknett -- Trying to Make Sense of Leonardo's "Faded Smudge" / An Interview with Denise Budd -- "No, I do not believe there is a woman in the Last Supper ..." / An Interview with Diane Apostolos-Cappadona -- Musings on the Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci / Sherwin B. Nuland -- Temples of Symbols, Cathedrals of Codes -- Paris: In the Footsteps of The Da Vinci Code / David Downie -- The "Symbology" of The Da Vinci Code / An Interview with Diane Apostolos-Cappadona -- Rosslyn Chapel: The Cathedral of Codes and Symbols -- The Da Vinci Code Revealed -- 24 Hours, Two Cities, and the Future of Western Civilization -- Apocrypha and Revelations -- The Plot Holes and Intriguing Details of The Da Vinci Code / David Shugarts -- Following the Rose Line From Rosslyn to ... Florence? Thoughts about the Last Act of The Da Vinci Code / Dan Burstein -- Reviews and Commentaries on The Da Vinci Code -- Commentary, Criticism, and Observations -- The Real da Vinci Code / Lynn Picknett -- Religious Fiction / David Klinghoffer -- The Da Vinci Con / Laura Miller -- French Confection / Amy Bernstein -- What the French Are Saying About The Da Vinci Code / David Downie -- A Philosopher Looks at The Da Vinci Code / Glenn W. Erickson -- A Collision of Indiana Jones and Joseph Campbell The Web Interviewer Craig McDonald Interviews Dan Brown -- The Latin Etymology of The Da Vinci Code / David Burstein -- Underneath the Pyramid -- Sophie's Library -- A Rose by Any Other Name: A Guide to Who's Who in The Da Vinci Code / David A. Shugarts
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