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June 1, 2006
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The wildly popular novel turned movie reimagines the New Testament, in part, as a cover-up. What really happened in the fluid early years of Christianity? What is the truth about Mary Magdalene? We separate fact from fiction in the story's plot with two New Testament scholars who say that the story is simpler and much more interesting than conspiracy theories suggest.
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About the Image
At the digital exhibition "The Da Vinci Code Museum," in Tokyo, Japan, visitors view a life-sized projected image of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper." (Photo: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images)
Exclusive Features
Unheard Cuts
Bart Ehrman and Luke Timothy Johnson discuss early forms of Christianity and the value of ancient texts.

Scenes of the Early Christian Church
This audio gallery features a photographic landscape of places associated with early Christianity. Image accompanied by the Kronos Quartet performing Franghiz Ali-Zadeh's "Oasis." (Flash required)


Many Faces of Mary Magdalene
View the changing perspectives of Mary Magdalene depicted in art over the centuries.
Voices on the Radio
Luke Timothy Johnson Luke Timothy Johnson
Johnson is R.W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.

Bernadette Brooten Bernadette Brooten
Brooten is Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University, and Program Director of The Feminist Sexual Ethics Project.

Voice on the Web
Bart Ehrman Bart Ehrman
Author and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.