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" The gnostic gospels / "
by Elaine Pagels
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BL
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704718
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b526907
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| Main Entry
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Pagels, Elaine H.,1943-
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| Title & Author
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The gnostic gospels /\ by Elaine Pagels
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| Edition Statement
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Vintage Books edition, September 1989
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.,, 1989
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, ©1979
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xxxvi, 182 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0679724532
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: 9780679724537
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| Notes
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Originally published in 1979 by Random House, New York
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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| Abstract
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"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." --
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Apocryphal Gospels
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Gnosticism
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Nag Hammadi codices
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| Dewey Classification
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273/.1
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BT1390.P3 1989
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