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The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels

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The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels || 2013 || Gnostic Book Boss 

In 1945 fifty-two papyrus texts, including gospels and other secret documents, were found concealed in an earthenware jar buried in the Egyptian desert. 

As discussed in The Da Vinci Code... Long buried and suppressed, the Gnostic Gospels contain the secret writings attributed to the followers of Jesus. 

These so-called Gnostic writings were Coptic translations from the original Greek dating from the time of the New Testament. The material they embodied - poems, quasi-philosophical descriptions of the origins of the universe, myths, magic and instructions for mystic practice - were later declared heretical, as they offered a powerful alternative to the Orthodox Christian tradition.

In a book that is as exciting as it is scholarly, Elaine Pagels examines these texts and the questions they pose and shows why Gnosticism was eventually stamped out by the increasingly organised and institutionalised Orthodox Church.

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Paul Kieniewicz
Groundbreaking

An extraordinary review of the newly discovered Gnostic Texts in Egypt. Elaine Pagels gives us a totally new view of who the Gnostics were. Very easy and interesting read for anyone.