1989年9月19日 · In this spellbinding book, renowned religious scholar Elaine Pagels elucidates the mysteries and meanings of these sacred texts both in the world of the first Christians and in the context of Christianity today.

Her best-selling book The Gnostic Gospels (1979) examines the divisions in the early Christian church, and the way that women have been viewed throughout Jewish history and Christian history. Modern Library named it as one of the 100 best books of the twentieth century.

2017年12月14日 · The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels in its entirety.

1979年11月12日 · In 1945 an Egyptian peasant unearthed what proved to be the Gnostic Gospels, thirteen papyrus volumes that expounded a radically different view of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ from that of the New Testament.

Pagels, Elaine H 1943- The gnostic gospels. Originally published in 1979 by Random House, New York. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Gnosticism. 2. Chenoboskion manuscripts. I. Title. BT1390.P3 1981 273’.1 80-12341 ISBN 0-679-72453-2 (pbk.) Manufactured in the United States of America 79C8

1979年11月12日 · A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.