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The gnostic Gospels

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Elaine Pagels explores a number of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of "Christianities" emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. A radical reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith.

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Main Author: Pagels, Elaine H., 1943-
Other Authors: Raver, Lorna
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, p2006, c1979.
Subjects:
Gnosticism.
Apocryphal Gospels.
Nag Hammadi codices.
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Summary:Elaine Pagels explores a number of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of "Christianities" emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. A radical reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Physical Description:6 sound discs (ca. 7 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:0739333178
9780739333174
Author Notes:Elaine Pagels is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship best known for her studies and writing on the Gnostic Gospels.

Pagels graduated from Stanford University receiving a B.A. in 1964 and an M.A. in 1965. She received a Ph.D in religion from Harvard University in 1970. She is the author of The Gnostic Gospels (1979), which won the National Book Award (Religion 1980) and the National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism 1979). Pagels is also the author of Adam, Eve and the Serpent (1988), The Origin of Satan (1995), Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (2003), Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity (2007), and Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation (2012).

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