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''' The Gnostic Gospels''' (1979) is a book by [[Elaine H. Pagels]].  
''' The Gnostic Gospels''' (1979) is a book by [[Elaine H. Pagels]].  


==Abstract==
==Abstract==


==Editions and translations==
"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.
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==
==Table of contents==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=9I8ySs4eusoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Gnostic+Gospels&ei=JLCjS5rUD6PAMuu5-aAH&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Google Books (partial text)]
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<bibexternal title="Gnostic Gospels" author="Pagels"/>

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

External links

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