ISBN: 9780679724537
author:
Elaine Pagels
book format: Paperback
publishing house:
Vintage
publication date: 1989
-9
language:
English
price: USD 15.00
number of pages: 182
Elaine Pagels
Overview
A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.
contents
Introduction xiii
I The Controversy over Christ's Resurrection: Historical Event or Symbol? 3
II "One God, One Bishop": The Politics of Monotheism 28
III God the Father/God the Mother 48
IV The Passion of Christ and the Persecution of Christians 70
V Whose Church Is the "True Church"? 102
VI Gnosis: Self-Knowledge as Knowledge of God 119
Conclusion 142
Notes 153
Index 175