01471cam a2200325 i 4500 931405806 TxAuBib 20230811120000.0 790419s1979||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 79004764 9780394502786 0394502787 TxAuBib rda Pagels, Elaine H., 1943- The gnostic Gospels / by Elaine Pagels. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 1979. xxxvi, 182 p. ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. "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"--Jacket subtitle. 20230811. Apocryphal Gospels. Nag Hammadi codices. Gnosticism. Pagels, Elaine H., 1943-, 1st ed.