Pagels, Elaine H. Beyond belief: the secret Gospel of Thomas / Elaine Pagels p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.). ISBN 1. Gospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 2. Bible. N.T. John—Criticism, interpretation, etc. 3. . · by. Elaine Pagels. · Rating details · 7, ratings · reviews. Pagels, a writer and thinker on religion and history, winner of the National Book Award for The Gnostic Gospels, reflects on what matters most about spiritual and religious exploration in the 21st century. This book explores how Christianity began by tracing its earliest texts, including the Gospel of Thomas, rediscovered in Egypt /5. Beyond Belief by Elaine Pagels, written in , is a small book consisting of only five chapters that seeks to show that what is today considered Christian orthodox belief is not validly derived from the teachings of early Christianity. In this book, Pagels outlines her notion in five stages.
BEYOND BELIEF. The Secret Gospel of Thomas. By Elaine Pagels. pp. New York: Random House. $ ELAINE PAGELS'S ''Gnostic Gospels,'' which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the. Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels Vintage Books, , , and Beyond Belief, the Secret Gospel of Thomas Random House, Matthew [] And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, [] And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. Rubbish from the second century that is still rubbish 1 is an apt description of the Gnostic views advanced in Elaine Pagels's Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas. This is unfortunate because otherwise there are many things to admire about the book, including the scholarship it represents and the questions it raises.
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas - Kindle edition by Pagels, Elaine. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas. A review of Elaine Pagels', "Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas," by Dr. Craig Blomberg. Elaine Pagels, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas. New York: Vintage Books, Pap. $ ISBN A quick glance at this book when it first was released a year and a half ago convinced me that it would not prove nearly as significant as the author’s award-winning work, The Gnostic Gospels, first published in Elaine Pagels, 'The Secret Gospel of Thomas'. Her latest book, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, is just out in paperback. It's about a religious text that is little known — the secret Gospel of Thomas, rediscovered in Egypt in She will explain why it was suppressed by the church and kept out of the canon.
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