- Apocryphal Gospels, Christianity, Gnosticism, Nag Hammadi codices
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.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
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- Author
- Elaine Pagels
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- PHOENIX (ORIO), Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Critica
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- Spanish, Japanese, English, Italian
- ISBN
- 9788804538806
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