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The Gnostic Gospels
The Gnostic Gospels
Author: Elaine Pagels
The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence over the past two ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140223583
ISBN-10: 0140223584
Publication Date: 1982
Pages: 192
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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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. Pagels sets forth gnosticism's principles with a concise clarity. This book is stunning in its implications, a radical and yet accessible reconsideration of tbe origins of the Christian faith.
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Ms/Dr Pagels first well-received title is all I expected. Her fair-mindedness comes through with flying colors, as does her deep committment to her field of inquiry and her Christianity. It's an easy read while being rather deep. You must think while reading it.


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