The Gnostic Gospels

Name: The Gnostic Gospels
Author: Elaine Pagels
ISBN: 0679724532

by Elaine Pagels

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER • SELECTED BY THE MODERN LIBRARY AS ONE OF THE 100 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS • The landmark study exploring alternative perspectives of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts that could have shaped the religion differently if included in the Christian canon • "[Pagels] is always readable, always deeply informed, always richly suggestive of pathways her readers may wish to follow out for thems...

First published 1979226 pages

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Category: Religion
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 2
Editions known: 18

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 229273.1299.932
Library of Congress (LCC): BT1390.P3 2006BT1390BT1390.P3BT1390.P3 1989

Subjects

Apocryphal GospelsBible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. apocryphal booksChenoboskion manuscriptsChristianityGhosticismGnostic interpretationsGnosticismGnosticism. 0GnosticismeGnosticismoJesus ChristNag Hammadi codices

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ISBN 0679724532EnglishFirst-edition ISBN: 0394502787

DATE DUE

First published1979

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