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The gnostic gospels / by Elaine Pagels.
Van Pelt - Yarnall Collection BT1390 .P3 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pagels, Elaine H., 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nag Hammadi codices.
- Apocryphal Gospels.
- Gnosticism.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxxvi, 182 pages ; 21 cm
- regular print
- Edition:
- Vintage Books edition, September 1989.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 1989.
- Summary:
- "A startling account of the meaning of Jesus and the origin of Christianity based on gnostic gospels and other secret texts, written almost 2,000 years ago, recently discovered near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt." -- Jacket subtitle.
- Contents:
- The controversy over Christ's resurrection : historical event or symbol?
- "One God, one bishop" : the politics of monotheism
- God the father/God the mother
- The passion of Christ and the persecution of Christians
- Whose church is the "true church"?
- Gnosis : self-knowledge as knowledge of God.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1979 by Random House, New York.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0679724532
- 9780679724537
- OCLC:
- 20569983
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