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The Gnostic Bible
by Willis Barnstone  Publisher Comments A landmark work of scholarship and literary translation, The Gnostic Bible presents the most significant and beautiful sacred texts of gnostic mysticism. The gnostics were religious thinkers who believed that salvation is found through mystical knowledge...
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The Nag Hammadi Library in English: Revised Edition
by James Robinson Publisher Comments This revised, expanded, and updated edition of The Nag Hammadi Library is the only complete, one-volume, modern language version of the renowned library of fourth-century manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945.First published in 1978, The Nag Hammadi...
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Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
by Bart D Ehrman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-287) and index....
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The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed
by Bart D Ehrman Publisher Comments The recent National Geographic special on the Gospel of Judas was a major media event, introducing to tens of millions of viewers one of the most important biblical discoveries of modern times. Now, a leading historian of the early church, Bart Ehrman...
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The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation
by J K Elliott Publisher Comments This collection of apocryphal texts supersedes the best-selling edition by M.R. James, which was originally published in 1924. Several new texts have come to light since 1924 and the textual base for some of the apocrypha previously translated by James...
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Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
by Elaine Pagels Publisher Comments In Beyond Belief, renowned religion scholar Elaine Pagels continues her groundbreaking examination of the earliest Christian texts, arguing for an ongoing assessment of faith and a questioning of religious orthodoxy. Spurred on by personal tragedy and...
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Holy Blood & the Holy Grail
by Michael Baigent Publisher Comments A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enabled him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an...
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Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
by Elaine H. Pagels 
Publisher Comments Special edition including the complete text of the Gospel of Thomas Elaine Pagels, one of the world’s most important writers and thinkers on religion and history, and winner of the National Book Award for her groundbreaking work The Gnostic Gospels,...
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The Gospels of Mary: The Secret Tradition of Mary Magdalene, the Companion of Jesus
by Marvin W Meyer Publisher Comments Collected together for the first time are the original Gospel of Mary, one of the "Gnostic Gospels," and three other secret texts that reveal the significant role Mary Magdalene played in Jesus' inner circle of disciples. This is a new translation of the...
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Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English
by Geza Vermes Publisher Comments The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judean desert between 1947 and 1956 was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Hidden in the caves at Qumran by the Essenes, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the time of Jesus, the...
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Truth and Fiction in the Da Vinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine
by Bart D Ehrman Publisher Comments A staggeringly popular work of fiction, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has stood atop The New York Times Bestseller List for well over a year, with millions of copies in print. But this fast-paced mystery is unusual in that the author states up front that...
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Holy Blood, Holy Grail
by Michael Baigent Publisher Comments Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete? • Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross? • Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists? • Is it possible that...
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The Jesus Papers: Exposing the Greatest Cover-Up in History
by Michael Baigent Publisher Comments The best-selling author of Holy Blood, Holy Grail explores explosive new evidence found in hidden records to challenge conventional wisdom and teachings about the life and death of Jesus Christ. Reprint....
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The Gospel of Thomas: The Gnostic Wisdom of Jesus
by Jean-yves (edt) Leloup Publisher Comments A new translation and analysis of the gospel that records the actual words of Jesus•Explores the gnostic significance of Jesus's teachings recorded in this gospel•Explains the true nature of the new man whose coming Jesus envisioned •Translated and...
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Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
by Elaine Pagels Publisher Comments The instant New York Times bestseller interpreting the controversial long-lost gospel The recently unearthed Gospel of Judas is a source of fascination for biblical scholars and lay Christians alike. Now two leading experts on the Gnostic gospels tackle...
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The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity
by James Vanderkam Publisher Comments The story of the discovery of the first Dead Sea Scrolls has become a part of Western lore. Who has not heard about the Bedouin shepherd who threw a rock into a cave, heard a crash, went in to explore, and found the scrolls? The story in that form may be...
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The Gnostic Discoveries: The Impact of the Nag Hammadi Library
by Marvin Meyer Publisher Comments The archaeological find of the century was the astounding discovery by an Egyptian peasant in December 1945 of a large storage jar filled with ancient religious manuscripts. Through them we glimpse a fascinating alternative perspective on Jesus and many...
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The Tomb of God: Unlocking the Code to a 2000-Year-Old Mystery
by Richard Andrews Publisher Comments Dissatisfied with the explanations of previous researchers, Richard Andrews and Paul Schellenberger applied mathematical logic to the enduring mystery of Rennes-le-Château and the “treasure” alleged to be buried there. Beginning with a...
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The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Lost Gospel
by James M Robinson Publisher Comments The discovery of a previously lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot has electrified the Christian community. What Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John tell us about Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is inconsistent and biased. Therefore, the revelation of an...
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The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition
by Jean Yves Leloup Publisher Comments An examination of how the teachings of Jesus reveal the essential role of sexuality in spiritual growth and transformation- Shows that Jesus did not come to redeem humanity from the life of the flesh, but to honor it as a spiritual path- Uses Hebrew...
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