Elaine Pagels

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February 13, 1943 in The United States

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Religion & Spirituality, History

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Elaine Pagels is a preeminent figure in the theological community whose impressive scholarship has earned her international respect. The Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University, Pagels was awarded the Rockefeller, Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowships in three consecutive years.
As a young researcher at Barnard College, she changed forever the historical landscape of the Christian religion by exploding the myth of the early Christian Church as a unified movement.

Her findings were published in the bestselling book, The Gnostic Gospels, an analysis of 52 early Christian manuscripts that were unearthed in Egypt. Known collectively as the Nag Hammadi Library, the manuscripts show the pluralistic nature of the early ch...more

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Books by Elaine Pagels

Average rating: 3.83 · 7,906 ratings · 588 reviews · 22 distinct works

	The Gnostic Gospels 3.85 avg rating — 3,832 ratings — published 1979 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas 3.79 avg rating — 1,506 ratings — published 2003 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Origin of Satan 3.85 avg rating — 1,059 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Adam, Eve, and the Serpent 3.91 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity by Elaine Pagels, Karen L. King 3.52 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation 3.63 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters 3.94 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Gospel of Thomas: New Perspectives on Jesus' Message [With 18-Page Supplement] 3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings	My rating:
	The Gnostic Gospels/Adam, Eve and the Serpent/The Origins of Satan 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Johannine Gospel in Gnostic Exegesis 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.
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― Elaine Pagels, Insights from the Secret Teachings of Jesus: The Gospel of Thomas

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