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The gnostic gospels /

Pagels, Elaine H., 1943-

The gnostic gospels / by Elaine Pagels - Vintage Books edition, September 1989 - xxxvi, 182 pages ; 21 cm

Originally published in 1979 by Random House, New York

Includes bibliographical references and index

The controversy over Christ's resurrection : historical event or symbol? -- "One God, one bishop" : the politics of monotheism -- God the father/God the mother -- The passion of Christ and the persecution of Christians -- Whose church is the "true church"? -- Gnosis : self-knowledge as knowledge of God

"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." --

0679724532 9780679724537


Nag Hammadi codices


Apocryphal Gospels
Gnosticism

BT1390 / .P133G

273/.1 / P133G

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