tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post113803458839210667..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Blomberg's Critique of the Da Vinci ColeVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1138115668730211392006-01-24T08:14:00.000-07:002006-01-24T08:14:00.000-07:00An easy target, certainly--but not one pertinent t...An easy target, certainly--but not one pertinent to Blomberg's topical focus.Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1138056009873663872006-01-23T15:40:00.000-07:002006-01-23T15:40:00.000-07:00What I find amazing about Blomberg's critique is t...What I find amazing about Blomberg's critique is that he misses the easiest target which most clearly shows the nature of the claims in _The Da Vinci Code_--the Priory of Sion was a hoax by a Frenchman named Pierre Plantard, who planted fake documents in the Biblioteque Nationale in Paris; that hoax was taken seriously by Baigent, Leigh, and Lincoln's bestseller _Holy Blood, Holy Grail_, and that book is the basis of the vast majority of the claims about Jesus in Brown's novel.Lippardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826768452963498005noreply@blogger.com