About this title: Bestselling author Elaine Pagels examines how the founders of the Christian church permanently revolutionized the meaning of sexuality.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679722328ISBN:0679722327
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679722328ISBN:0679722327
Description: Very Good. 5 x 8. In very good, clean condition. Re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1989-09-19
ISBN-13:9780679722328ISBN:0679722327
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679722328ISBN:0679722327
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679722328ISBN:0679722327
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1989-09-01
ISBN-13:9780679722328ISBN:0679722327
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1989-09-19
ISBN-13:9780679722328ISBN:0679722327
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"This woman is a Gnostic genius. If you have any religious training, and are ready to open your mind and consider another viewpoint, please allow Elaine Pagels to be your devil's advocate. I promise you she won't disappoint"
"The book tries to show how the interpretation of the Genesis account changed over time. In the beginning, when Christianity was an outlaw cult, Genesis was interpreted as proof of individual human freedom. Then when Christianity became the official religion of the empire, Genesis was re-interpreted and humanity had to be governed for its own good.
"Ms. Pagels scholarship in the area of early Christian writing is again impressive. In this work she reviews the Judeo-Christian creation myth and its permutations in gender relations. The story is worth the effort to read if only to give one a historical perspective on women's rights or lack thereof. Christianity has done little in the area of gender equality and, in fact, has been a barrier for women to overcome. Not at all dissimilar to the Bible's historical relationship to slavery."
"The story of Adam and Eve is, like, maybe the best, most important story of all time. (According to me.) So it's really fun to really dissect it and trace it's effect on everything that followed. Pagels focuses on different ways it had an impact on society and culture, and how it was interpreted (things from advocating original sin to tackling the relationship between spirit and flesh.) She's a good writer and I wish she would attack alllllll Old Testament stories in this way."
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