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The Gnostic Gospels

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 1979 226 pages
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Religion
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Recommended
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DDC 229 LCC BT-1390.00000000.P3 2006 Apocryphal GospelsBible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. apocryphal booksChenoboskion manuscriptsChristianityGhosticismGnostic interpretationsGnosticismGnosticism. 0
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ISBN 0679724532 English First-edition ISBN: 0394502787
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