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A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.Table of Contents
Introduction1. The Controversy over Christ's Resurrection: Historical Event or Symbol?
2. "One God, One Bishop": The Politics of Monotheism
3. God the Father/God the Mother
4. The Passion of Christ and the Persecution of Christians
5. Whose Church Is the "True Church"?
6. Gnosis: Self-Knowledge as Knowledge of God
Conclusion
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"The first major and eminently readable book on gnosticism benefiting from the discovery in 1945 of a collection of Gnostic Christian texts at Nag Hammadi in Egypt." --The New York Times Book ReviewAwards
WINNER 1979 National Book Critics Circle AwardsWINNER 1980 National Book Awards
- The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
- September 19, 1989
- Religion - Christian Literature
- Vintage
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