Pagels, Elaine
Gnostic Gospels The Gnostic Gospels Pagels, Elaine - New York Random House 1979 - 182 p.
Contents:
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
Conclusion
Notes
Index
"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
0394502787
Pagels, Elaine H. 1943-
Gnosticism
Chenoboskion manuscripts
273.2 Pag 8
Gnostic Gospels The Gnostic Gospels Pagels, Elaine - New York Random House 1979 - 182 p.
Contents:
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
Conclusion
Notes
Index
"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
0394502787
Pagels, Elaine H. 1943-
Gnosticism
Chenoboskion manuscripts
273.2 Pag 8