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The gnostic Gospels / by Elaine Pagels.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House, c1979.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxvi, 182 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0394502787
  • 9780394502786
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Gnostic Gospels.DDC classification:
  • 273.1 P33G
LOC classification:
  • BT1390 .P3
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"--Jacket subtitle.
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Books Books Harvest Mission College General Stacks Non-fiction 273.1 P33G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 004520

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"--Jacket subtitle.

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