The secret gospel of thomas, and the gnostic gospels, winner of the national book critics circle award and the national book award. In this landmark work, elaine pagels demonstrates how evidence from gnostic sources may challenge the longestablished assumption that paul writes his letters to combat gnostic opponents and to repudiate their claims to secret wisdom. She points out on page 1 that, far from regarding paul as their most obstinate opponent, the second century gnostics regarded paul s letters as the primary source of gnostic theology. Gnostic christianity and the gnosis of light david paul boaz. The gnostic gospels by pagels, elaine and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Pagels is the harrington spear paine professor of religion at princeton university. The gnostic paul gnostic exegesis of the pauline letters. Perhaps the first major book to be free of the antignostic heresiological bias. 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. She also joined an international team of scholars that issued an english translation of the gnostic texts that had been discovered in 1945 at naj. Elaine pagels the gnostic paul free ebook download as pdf file. Pdf nag hammadi gospels pdf download read online free. Elaine pagels is the harrington spear paine foundation professor of religion at princeton university.
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In the gnostic gospels, author elaine pagels suggests that christianity could have developed quite differently if gnostic texts had become part of the christian canon. The sixteen texts constitue what remains of the noncanonical gospels form the first and second centuries. She is the harrington spear paine professor of religion at princeton university. Professor pagels received her doctorate from harvard university in 1970 and has taught at barnard college, where she chaired the department of religion, and at columbia university. Although they claim to offer secret teaching, many of these texts refer to the scriptures of the old testament, and others to the letters of paul and the new. The site includes the gnostic society library with the complete nag hammadi library and scriptures, and a large collection of other primary gnostic scriptures and documents. There is no more authoritative and readable account of the drama of the emergence of christianity than these concise books. In elaine pagels in gnostic exegesis 1973 and the gnostic paul 1975. Click download or read now button to sign up and downloadread nag hammadi gospels pdf books. She is the author of several books, including reading judas.
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