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Gnostic Gospels
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Pagels, a noted authority of religion, examines what impact Gnosticism could have had on Christianity had it not been labelled 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's life, his ...
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Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
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Noted theologian Pagels offers up her latest look inside the Bible, targeting an obscure text reported to be the Gospel of Thomas, the doubting apostle. BEYOND BELIEF offers up Thomas's depiction of Christ, his message, and the history of the era. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
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Adam, Eve, and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity
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Bestselling author Elaine Pagels examines how the founders of the Christian church permanently revolutionized the meaning of sexuality.
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The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics
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In this controversial book, Pagels examines the Christian demonization of others--first the Jews, then the pagans and dissenting Christians--and the true identity of the Devil in early Christianity.
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Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
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This author team, writing in an engaging, accessible style, is the first to reflect on the recent discovery of the "Gospel of Judas" and how that text provides insight into explaining how Jesus' followers understood his death, why Judas betrayed Jesus, and why God allowed it.
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The Origin of Satan
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This is a social history of the devil. The figure of Satan has been a standing puzzle in the history of religion. Elaine Pagels's study examines his origins and his shifting functions. Satan is not present in classical Jewish sources (and scarcely present in traditional Judaism to this day), although images of Satan began to develop and ...
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Gnostic Paul
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Pagels argues against reading Paul either as hyper-Gnostic or hyper-orthodox, or blaming Paul for second century Gnostic efforts to read him out of context for their own support.
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Adam, Eve and the serpent.
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An examination of the development of religious principle, this book questions the interpretations of the historical meaning of Christianity.
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The Johannine Gospel in Gnostic Exegesis
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The Gospel of Thomas: New Perspectives on Jesus' Message
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Millions of readers have turned to Elaine Pagels for her clear and insightful books about the Gnostic Gospels--the teachings of Jesus that have been lost for centuries. In the first widely available audio recording of this extraordinary scholar, she explores the text that has changed the way many think about the message of Christ: The Gospel of ...
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El Evangelio de Judas: Y la Formacion del Cristianismo
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The discovery of Judas's Gospel has caused great controversy among biblical scholars, and in this detailed work, two experts of the Gnostic gospels approach many questions resulting from this important find. "How could a Christian imagine that Judas, the traitor, was Jesus's favorite?" "Why is the author of this gospel full of anger towards the ...
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The Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters
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Adam, Eve & Serpent
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Los Evangelios Gnosticos
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