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The Gnostic Gospels

by Elaine Pagels

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Awards

Winner of the 1979 National Book Critics Circle Award

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.

Review:

"[A]n effective introduction to the difficult, almost oxymoronic notion of a Christian Gnosticism. [Professor Pagels] is always readable, always deeply informed, always richly suggestive of pathways her readers may wish to follow out for themselves." Harold Bloom

Review:

"The first major and eminently readable book on gnosticism benefiting from the discovery in 1945 of a collection of Gnostic Christian texts at Nag Hammadi in Egypt." The New York Times Book Review

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About the Author

Elaine Pagels earned a B.A. in history and an M.A. in classical studies at Stanford, and holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University. She is the author of Adam, Eve, and the Serpent; The Origin of Satan; and The Gnostic Gospels, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award. She is currently the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University, and she lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her husband and children.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Controversy over Christ's Resurrection: Historical Event or Symbol?

2. "One God, One Bishop": The Politics of Monotheism

3. God the Father/God the Mother

4. The Passion of Christ and the Persecution of Christians

5. Whose Church Is the "True Church"?

6. Gnosis: Self-Knowledge as Knowledge of God

Conclusion

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679724537

Author:

Pagels, Elaine

Publisher:

Vintage Books USA

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Christian Literature

Subject:

Comparative Religion

Subject:

Church History

Subject:

Religion - Church History

Subject:

Mysticism

Subject:

Gnosticism

Subject:

Christianity -- History.

Subject:

Nag Hammadi codices

Subject:

Christianity - Literature

Subject:

Christianity - History - General

Subject:

Christianity - Literature & the Arts

Subject:

Religion Western-Gnosticism

Copyright:

1989

Edition Number:

Vintage Books ed.

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage

Publication Date:

September 19, 1989

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

224

Dimensions:

7.98x5.16x.59 in. .52 lbs.

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Product details 224 pages Vintage Books USA - 1997-09-30 English 9780679724537 Reviews:

"Review" by Harold Bloom, "[A]n effective introduction to the difficult, almost oxymoronic notion of a Christian Gnosticism. [Professor Pagels] is always readable, always deeply informed, always richly suggestive of pathways her readers may wish to follow out for themselves."

"Review" by The New York Times Book Review, "The first major and eminently readable book on gnosticism benefiting from the discovery in 1945 of a collection of Gnostic Christian texts at Nag Hammadi in Egypt."