01528cam a2200325 i 4500 3973 3973 4957501 OCoLC 20181127125505.0 790419s1979 nyu b 001 0 eng 79004764 0394502787 9780394502786 DLC eng DLC IAK BAKER BTCTA LVB YDXCP OCLCG HNW CKL GBVCP OCLCF f-ua--- BT1390 .P3 273.1 P33G Pagels, Elaine H., 1943- The gnostic Gospels / by Elaine Pagels. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c1979. xxxvi, 182 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. "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. Apocryphal Gospels. Nag Hammadi codices. Gnosticism. Online version: Pagels, Elaine H., 1943- Gnostic Gospels. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c1979 (OCoLC)631131080 ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC HMC HMC GEN 2018-11-27 460.00 0 273.1 P33G 004520 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 BK