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Yes, some of this book has since been debunked. Mainly the part about the Priory of Sion. After all it was written more than 20 years ago, but for me it was a real page turner. If you come away with nothing else, you'll learn that there were many opportunities for The Church (the Roman Catholic Church) and others to play fast and loose with what we thought were the literal words of God (the Bible, particularly the New Testament). First of all church fathers got together and decided which books belonged in the new testament and which didn't sometimes by narrow margins. They also played politics. books written by certain types of groups of Christians weren't allowed into the Bible. Then of course, sometimes the books were translated back and forth several times among Aramaic, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Coptic, and finally down to English. And finally the authors tell you to believe what you want, but the material they offer is possible, maybe not true, but possible. It opened my mind. Al

Interesting for the details on the research behind the Da Vinci Code, but slow going for me. I found it more speculative than I expected.

Wow. This book is amazing. Packed with facts and other material necessary to reach the tantalyzing conclusion, this book was a quick read (esp. given how tiny the print is). At times its hard to get through all the detail, but it so interesting I couldn't help but forge on through. I was surprised by the conclusions but also pleased. I'm so glad I finally read this book!

Although there are some paralells in this and Dan Brown's book, their take is TOTALLY different. There are some things that make you think, "hummm, interesting thought". Then, some of it seems just pulled out of thin air- the "man when they do math 2+2 must equal 5, because this doesn't make sense".

Sadly, it was very dryly written and way too verbose.

I couldn't get past the first few chapters. Just read the DaVinci Code.

The book credited with helping inspire the whole "Davinci Code" craze. An interesting read with leads to historical references and inspired conclusions.

This is the book Dan Brown based The DaVinci Code on. It has been debunked by Bible scholars.

After reading the DaVinci code I found the book a slow read, but it is full of historical facts and places.

Lots of detail, but I just could not get through it. The material was interesting but there was so much detail it was easy to miss something, leaving you confused a couple of pages later. If I had more time to read at each sitting, I may have enjoyed it, but it was hard to get into it the book when I only had time to read 5-10 pages at a time.

This is the "academic" basis for much of The DaVinci Code. The authors of the book actually sued Dan Brown for stealing their material. The writing itself is a bit dry, but it's definitely worth reading, especially in the context of The DaVinci code and subsequent articles and TV programs about Grail Theory.

My husband just loved this book.

Provocative!

Excellent Book - A must read

An interesting book.

Its a good book. It has alot of detail and information.

Interesting hypothesis

Interesting theories. Written in very immature writing style.

The book before the DaVinci Code.

Hard to read. Jumps around to different acient times.

Didn't read.