(++) The Gnostic Gospels (1979 Pagels), book
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The Gnostic Gospels (1979) is a book by Elaine H. Pagels.
Abstract
"A startling account of the meaning of Jesus and the origin of Christianity based on gnostic gospels and other secret texts, written almost 2,000 years ago, recently discovered near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt"--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in New York, NY: Random House, 1979. Reissued in New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1989.
Translations
Gnostilaiset evankeliumit (2006 Pagels / Lehtipuu), book (Finnish ed.)
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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