The Gospel of Thomas

New Perspectives on Jesus' Message

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Author:

Pagels, Elaine

ISBN:

978-1-59179-412-7

Publication Date:

Mar 2006

Publisher:

Sounds True, Incorporated

Book Format:

CD-Audio

List Price:

AUD $37.99

Book Description:

Millions of readers have turned to Elaine Pagels for her clear and insightful books about the Gnostic Gospels the teachings of Jesus that have been lost for centuries. Sounds True is proud to present the first widely available audio recording of this extraordinary scholar as she explores the text that has changed the way many of us think about the

Book Details

Pages:	22
Detailed Subjects:	Religion / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	13.411 x 14.681 x 1.549 cm
Book Weight:	0.118 Kilograms

Author Biography

Pagels, Elaine (Author)

Elaine Pagels is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship best known for her studies and writing on the Gnostic Gospels.

Pagels graduated from Stanford University receiving a B.A. in 1964 and an M.A. in 1965. She received a Ph.D in religion from Harvard University in 1970. She is the author of The Gnostic Gospels (1979), which won the National Book Award (Religion 1980) and the National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism 1979). Pagels is also the author of Adam, Eve and the Serpent (1988), The Origin of Satan (1995), Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (2003), Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity (2007), and Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation (2012).

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