Responding to the "Da Vinci Code"

You are invited to hear Dr Ben Witherington III address the controversies raised by the novel and movie “Da Vinci Code.”

The schedule of the talks is as follows:

Public Talk 1
Date: Thursday 1 June 2006
Time: 7.45 pm-10 pm
Subject: “The Da Vinci Code---Historical Fiction or Hysterical Fiction?”

Public Talk 2
Date: Friday 2 June 2006
Time: 7.45 pm-10 pm
Subject: (1) “What were Jesus and Mary Magdalene really like?”
(2) “The Reliability of the Canonical Gospels”

Venue: Both talks are at St Andrew's Cathedral's New Sanctuary

Each session will include a question-and-answer time. Admission to the talks is free. Seats are limited; do come early.

About the Speaker
Bible scholar Ben Witherington III is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. A graduate of UNC, Chapel Hill, he went on to receive the M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Durham in England. He is now considered one of the top evangelical scholars in the world, and is an elected member of the prestigious SNTS, a society dedicated to New Testament studies. Witherington has written over thirty books, including The Jesus Quest and The Paul Quest, both of which were selected as top biblical studies works by Christianity Today. His recent book The Gospel Code has been described as “a much-need antidote to the history-twisting misinformation” that one finds in our culture and particularly in The Da Vinci Code.