The Gnostic Gospels
by Elaine Pagels
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182 pages, ISBN 0679724532, Vintage Books Edition 1989
Synopsis
Pagels, a noted authority of religion, examines what impact Gnosticism could have had on Christianity had it not been labeled heretical by the early church fathers. THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS offers up insights from this obscure branch of Christianity, offering synopses of these documents that purport to reveal new insights into Jesus' life, his relationship with Mary Magdalene, and what might have really happened at the time of the resurrection.
Publisher's Note
A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.
Industry reviews
"Pagels is always readable, always deeply informed, always richly suggestive of pathways her readers may wish to follow out for themselves....Devoted and sound scholarship."
Harold Bloom
"Elaine Pagels' 'Gnostic Gospels' was the first book to make the early Christian Gnostics come alive for modern readers, and it remains unsurpassed as a readable introduction to these heretics' ideas and scriptures. The Gnostics valued mystical experience above doctrinal fidelity, fashioned alternate creation myths and gospels that the early Roman church did their best to stamp out, and raised the feminine figure of Sophia (Wisdom) to a stature nearly equal with Christ's....Dr. Pagels excels at puzzling out [the Gnostic scriptures'] implications for our present understanding of Christianity."
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