{"title":"Hidden in Plain Sight (Gnosticism \u0026 Early Christian Mysticism)","description":"\u003cp\u003eGnostic and early Christian mysticism centered on women scholars, Mary Magdalene, and women’s place in early Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-gnostic-gospels-paperback","title":"The Gnostic Gospels - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElaine Pagels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER - SELECTED BY THE MODERN LIBRARY AS ONE OF THE 100 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS - The landmark study exploring alternative perspectives of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts that could have shaped the religion differently if included in the Christian canon - \"[Pagels] is always readable, always deeply informed, always richly suggestive of pathways her readers may wish to follow out for themselves.\"\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eHarold Bloom, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"[Pagels] writes with the instincts of a novelist, the skill of a scholar, and the ability to sort out significances that many writers lack.\"\u003ci\u003e--Chicago Tribune - \"\u003c\/i\u003eAn intellectually elegant, concise study . . . The economy with which [Pagels] evokes the world of early Christianity is a marvel.\"\u003ci\u003e--The New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Gospels\u003c\/i\u003e is 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, \u003ci\u003e The Gnostic Gospels \u003c\/i\u003ehas continued to grow in reputation and influence. It is now widely recognized as one of the most brilliant and accessible histories of early Christian spirituality published in our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1945 an Egyptian peasant unearthed what proved to be the Gnostic Gospels, thirteen papyrus volumes that expounded a radically different view of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ from that of the New Testament. In this spellbinding book, renowned religious scholar Elaine Pagels elucidates the mysteries and meanings of these sacred texts both in the world of the first Christians and in the context of Christianity today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith insight and passion, Pagels explores a remarkable range of recently discovered gospels, including the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, to show how a variety of \"Christianities\" emerged at a time of extraordinary spiritual upheaval. Some Christians questioned the need for clergy and church doctrine, and taught that the divine could be discovered through spiritual search. Many others, like Buddhists and Hindus, sought enlightenment--and access to God--within. Such explorations raised questions: Was the resurrection to be understood symbolically and not literally? Was God to be envisioned only in masculine form, or feminine as well? Was martyrdom a necessary--or worthy--expression of faith? These early Christians dared to ask questions that orthodox Christians later suppressed--and their explorations led to profoundly different visions of Jesus and his message. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brilliant and stunning in its implications, \u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Gospels \u003c\/i\u003eis a radical, eloquent reconsideration of the origins of the Christian faith.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElaine Pagels\u003c\/b\u003e is the Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion at Princeton University. 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