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The Gnostic Gospels (Paperback, New ed)
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As discussed in The Da Vinci Code... Long buried and suppressed,
the Gnostic Gospels contain the secret writings attributed to the
followers of Jesus. In 1945 fifty-two papyrus texts, including
gospels and other secret documents, were found concealed in an
earthenware jar buried in the Egyptian desert. 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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