Description
Author: Elaine Pagels
Publisher: Vintage Books (A Division of Random House)
Publication Date: 1981 (Vintage Books edition)
Edition: Vintage Books Edition
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. Clean, tight copy with age-toning consistent with vintage paperbacks. Sealed in archival protective pocket.
ISBN: 9780394742106
Description:
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels revolutionized modern understanding of early Christianity. Elaine Pagels examines the discovery of the Nag Hammadi texts and explores how alternative Christian traditions—suppressed by the early church—offered radically different views of God, creation, authority, and the role of women. Written with remarkable clarity and intellectual elegance, this landmark work bridges scholarship and accessibility, making complex theological debates understandable to general readers. Still widely read decades after publication, this book remains essential for anyone interested in Christian origins, religious history, and suppressed spiritual traditions.