Elaine Pagels, Author . Random $24.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-375-50156-2
In this majestic new book, Pagels (The Gnostic Gospels) ranges panoramically over the history of early Christianity, demonstrating the religion's initial tremendous diversity and its narrowing to include only certain texts supporting certain...
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Elaine Pagels, Author Random House (NY) $17.95 (189p) ISBN 978-0-394-52140-4
The disgust felt by early Christians for the flesh was a radical departure from both pagan and Jewish sexual attitudes. In fact, as Princeton professor Pagels (The Gnostic Gospels) demonstrates, the ascetic movement in Christianity met with great...
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Elaine Pagels. Viking, $27.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-670-02334-9
Many Christians today believe that the Book of Revelation (which some mistakenly call “Revelations”) was written by the same “John” who wrote the Gospel of John, speaks to an audience of persecuted Christians, and stands in harmony with the rest of...
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Elaine Pagels, Author, Karen L. King, Author Viking Books $24.95 (198p) ISBN 978-0-670-03845-9
This accessible, engaging book has Princeton religion professor Pagels (The Gnostic Gospels; Beyond Belief) in a dream team pairing with King (The Gospel of Mary of Magdala), who teaches ecclesiastical history at Harvard Divinity School. Together...
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Elaine Pagels, Author, Karen L. King, Author, Justine Eyre, Read by , read by Justine Eyre and Robertson Dean. Penguin Audio $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-14-314186-0
The Gospel of Judas represents the most baffling in a series of recently unearthed noncanonical manuscripts that bring to light divergent accounts of Christ’s life and ministry. Robertson Dean reads King’s translation of the ancient text
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Elaine Pagels. Ecco, $27.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-236853-9
In this beautiful memoir, Pagels (The Gnostic Gospels), professor of religion at Princeton Univ. and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, addresses the titular question by recounting her life story. Raised in an intellectually atheist household, she
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Elaine Pagels. Doubleday, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-385-54746-8
In this rigorous study, National Book Award winner Pagels (Why Religion?) digs into persistent questions about the historical Jesus. Devoting each chapter to a major sticking point, she discusses Jesus’s virgin birth, suggesting that Matthew and...
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