Of doubting Thomas: The suppressed Christian tradition: An interview with Elaine Pagels
The 1945 discovery of ancient documents at Nag Hammadi in Egypt would have great significance for New Testament scholars. But it would take decades, and one woman, to unleash their meaning to the public., In the 1960s, Elaine Pagels was part of a team at Harvard University, studying the Nag Hammadi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2004
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Sophia
Year: 2004, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 105-117 |
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Virgin Birth
B Spiritual Awakening B Private Teaching B Biblical Scholar B Mystical Tradition |
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| Summary: | The 1945 discovery of ancient documents at Nag Hammadi in Egypt would have great significance for New Testament scholars. But it would take decades, and one woman, to unleash their meaning to the public., In the 1960s, Elaine Pagels was part of a team at Harvard University, studying the Nag Hammadi scrolls; in 1979 her slim bookThe Gnostic Gospels put the formerly suppressed writings of early Christians into the hands of ordinary people., The letters, gospels and poems from Nag Hammadi emerged from a community that had been condemned by the church fathers. They show a different set of beliefs about Jesus than were taught by the church., This radically different view of the crucifixion relates one of the central tenets of Gnosticism, that the material world is false, and that Jesus was not a human but a purely spiritual being, who only adapted himself to human perception. The church was not only concerned about Gnostic beliefs but also about heretical Christian practices, prompting this attack by an early church father, Tertullian in about the late 2nd century., Here follows an interview with Elaine Pagels, based on her new work,Beyond Belief, the Gospel of Thomas. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF02780515 |