The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

The Gnostic Gospels

Elaine Pagels

182 pages first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In 1945 an Egyptian peasant unearthed what proved to be the Gnostic Gospels, the sacred books of one of the earliest Christian sects. This now-classic landmark study draws on those texts to illuminate the world of the first Christians and to exami...

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