Adam, Eve, And The Serpent

Sex And Politics In Early Christianity

BY ELAINE PAGELS
Explores ideas about human nature, moral freedom, and sexuality in the first four centuries after Christ. Pagels links these religious roots of western sexual attitudes to womens lower status through the centuries.

Vintage 1989 224 PP. Paper

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Beyond Belief

The Secret Gospel Of Thomas

BY ELAINE PAGELS
Now Available in Paperback! With the spiritual shock she felt when her infant son was diagnosed with a fatal condition, Elaine Pagels sets out again on an academic yet personal quest, through early Christian writings and archeology to find the true message of Jesus. She found it in the Gospel of Thomas in phrases like "there is a light within each person, and it lights up the whole universe. If it does not shine, there is darkness." This book carries on where her book Gnostic Gospels of 1979 left off, a book in which she studies other Gnostic texts and New Testament archeology. This special edition includes the complete text of Marvin Meyer's translation of the Gospel of Thomas

Vintage 2004 272 PP. Paper

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The Gnostic Gospels (paperback)

BY ELAINE PAGELS
A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.

Random House 1989 182 PP. Paper

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Gnostic Paul

Gnostic Exegesis Of The Pauline Letters

BY ELAINE PAGELS
In this highly original work, Elaine Pagels demonstrates how evidence from gnostic sources may challenge the assumption that Paul writes his letters to combat "gnostic opponents" and to repudiate their claims to secret wisdom. Drawing upon evidence from a variety of gnostic sources Pagels demonstrates how gnostic writers not on ly failed to grasp the whole point of Paul's writings, but dared to claim his letters as primary source for their anthropology, Christology, and sacramental theology.

Trinity Press International 1992 180 PP. Paper

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Reading Judas

The Gospel Of Judas And The Shaping Of Christianity - Paperback

BY ELAINE PAGELS AND KAREN KING
When the Gospel of Judas was published in 2006, it received extraordinary media attention and was heralded as a major Biblical discovery that rocked the world of scholars and laypeople alike. Elaine Pagels and Karen King are the first to reflect on this newfound text and its ramifications for telling the story of early Christianity. The two well known scholars illustrate how the newly discovered text helps us understand how Jesus' followers understood his death, why Judas betrayed Jesus, and why God allowed it.

Penguin 198 PP. Paper

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Revelations

Visions, Prophecy, And Politics In The Book Of Revelation

BY ELAINE PAGELS
How on earth did the book of revelations got into the New Testament? A dreadful accretion of apocalyptic writing entirely at odds with Jesus' words in the gospel, and pounced on over the centuries by end of the world doomsters. In this startling and timely book, Pagels returns The Book of Revelation to its historical origin, written as its author John of Patmos took aim at the Roman Empire after what is now known as "the Jewish War," in 66 CE. In a time when global religious violence surges, Revelations explores how often those in power throughout history have sought to force "God's enemies" to submit or be killed. It is sure to appeal to Pagels's committed readers . Retail price $27.95.

Viking 2012 246 PP. Cloth

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The Secret Gospel Of Thomas

New Perspectives On His Message

BY ELAINE PAGELS
This is the audio record of Pagels' lecture to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Friends at Arch Street Meetinghouse in May of 2005. Disc 1 features the entirety of the prepared talk in which Pagels shared her `scholar's journey,' various stages of her research into the Gnostic writings found at Nag Hammadi, and a detailed look at John and its approach to the apostle Thomas. Included are ten minutes of her replies to questions from the floor. In disc 2 Pagels responds to written questions from the audience. Also included is a downloadable .pdf file containing translations of the Gospels of Thomas and Mary.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 2005 2 AUDIO CDS Audio

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