Elaine Pagels / The Gnostic Gospels 1st Edition 1st Printing 1979 Hardcover

Description: The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels First Edition / First Printing Description:Name written on front endpaper at top corner. No stamps. No labels. No remainder marks. Straight pages. Clean text. Strong binding. Boards are tan with a maroon spine and bronze lettering. Bottom corner has a small ding. The dust jacket has not been price clipped, but there is edge wear with small tears and chipping. There is a larger chip on the front. First Edition Stated on copyright page with the full Radom House number line with 2. Details:Published by Random House Publishing Company, New York, 1979.Binding: HardcoverDimensions: 9.5" x 6.5"182 pages Summary:The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence over the past two decades. It is now widely recognized as one of the most brilliant and accessible histories of early Christian spirituality published in our time. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time. With insight and passion, Pagels explores a remarkable range of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of “Christianities” emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. Some Christians questioned the need for clergy and church doctrine, and taught that the divine could be discovered through spiritual search. Many others, like Buddhists and Hindus, sought enlightenment—and access to God—within. Such explorations raised questions: Was the resurrection to be understood symbolically and not literally? Was God to be envisioned only in masculine form, or feminine as well? Was martyrdom a necessary—or worthy—expression of faith? These early Christians dared to ask questions that orthodox Christians later suppressed—and their explorations led to profoundly different visions of Jesus and his message. Brilliant, provocative, and stunning in its implications, The Gnostic Gospels is a radical, eloquent reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith. (Source: Publisher)

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