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  • NATIONAL BESTSELLER 8226 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 8226NATIONALBOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER 8226SELECTED BY THEMODERN LIBRARY AS ONE OF THE 100 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS 8226The landmark study exploring alternative perspectives of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts that could have shaped the religion differently if included in the Christian canon 8226 [Pagels] is always readable, always deeply informed, always richly suggestive of pathways her readers may wish to follow out for themselves.8212Harold Bloom, The Washington Post [Pagels] writes with the instincts of a novelist, the skill of a scholar, and the ability to sort out significances that many writers lack.82218212Chicago Tribune 8226An intellectually elegant, concise study . . . The economy with which [Pagels] evokes the world of early Christianity is a marvel.82218212The New Yorker The Gnostic Gospels is a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence. It is now widely recognized as one of the most brilliant and accessible histories of early Christian spirituality published in our time.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. 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.With insight and passion, Pagels explores a remarkable range of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of Christianities8221 emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. Some Christians questioned the need for clergy and church doctrine, and taught that the divine could be discovered through spiritual search. Many others, like Buddhists and Hindus, sought enlightenment8212and access to God8212within. Such explorations raised questions: Was the resurrection to be understood symbolically and not literally? Was God to be envisioned only in masculine form, or feminine as well? Was martyrdom a necessary8212or worthy8212expression of faith? These early Christians dared to ask questions that orthodox Christians later suppressed8212and their explorations led to profoundly different visions of Jesus and his message. Brilliant and stunning in its implications, The Gnostic Gospels is a radical, eloquent reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER 8226 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 8226NATIONALBOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER 8226SELECTED BY THEMODERN LIBRARY AS ONE OF THE 100 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS 8226The landmark study exploring alternative perspectives of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts that could have shaped the religion differently if included in the Christian canon 8226 [Pagels] is always readable, always deeply informed, always richly suggestive of pathways her readers may wish to follow out for themselves.8212Harold Bloom, The Washington Post [Pagels] writes with the instincts of a novelist, the skill of a scholar, and the ability to sort out significances that many writers lack.82218212Chicago Tribune 8226An intellectually elegant, concise study . . . The economy with which [Pagels] evokes the world of early Christianity is a marvel.82218212The New Yorker The Gnostic Gospels is a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence. It is now widely recognized as one of the most brilliant and accessible histories of early Christian spirituality published in our time.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. 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.With insight and passion, Pagels explores a remarkable range of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of Christianities8221 emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. Some Christians questioned the need for clergy and church doctrine, and taught that the divine could be discovered through spiritual search. Many others, like Buddhists and Hindus, sought enlightenment8212and access to God8212within. Such explorations raised questions: Was the resurrection to be understood symbolically and not literally? Was God to be envisioned only in masculine form, or feminine as well? Was martyrdom a necessary8212or worthy8212expression of faith? These early Christians dared to ask questions that orthodox Christians later suppressed8212and their explorations led to profoundly different visions of Jesus and his message. Brilliant and stunning in its implications, The Gnostic Gospels is a radical, eloquent reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith.
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