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The Gnostic Gospels

By Pagels , Elaine H

Book information

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN
9781588364173, 1588364178
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
915 kB (937206 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
xxxvi, 182 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Gnosticisme;RELIGION--History;Apocryphal Gospels;G

Description

"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.;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.

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