(++) The Gnostic Gospels (1979 Pagels), book

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

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in New York, NY: Random House, 1979. Reissued in New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1989.

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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