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