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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 43 quotes by Elaine Pagels Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey (born Palo Alto, California, February 13, 1943), is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she is best known for her studies and writing on the Gnostic Gospels. Her popular books include The Gnostic Gospels (1979), Adam, Eve, and the Serpent (1988), The Origin of Satan (1995), Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (2003), Reading Judas: The... Read full biography of Elaine Pagels → 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → The Gospel of Judas really has been a surprise in many ways. For one thing, there's no other text that suggests that Judas Iscariot was an... → 0 The Secret Revelation of John opens, again, in crisis. The disciple John, grieving Jesus' death, is walking toward the temple when he meets a... → 0 The author of the Gospel of Judas wasn't against martyrdom, and he didn't ever insult the martyrs. He said it's one thing to die for God... → 0 The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visions... → 0 Throughout the ages, Christians have adapted John of Patmos's visions to changing times, reading their own social, political and religious... → 0 I realize that I cannot live without a spiritual dimension in my life. 0 The Book of Revelation is all about the conflict, the contest between the forces of Good and Evil. 0 After Ann Godoff, who was editor-in-chief at Random House, left and went to Viking, I got to know Viking and the people there, and liked them very... → 0 I got to thinking about the Book of Revelation that was written by a Jewish prophet who was also a follower of Jesus who hated the Roman Empire. I... → 0 People who are comfortable with very clear boundaries and group definitions don't like the instability and ambiguity of people who say they are... → 0 The Antichrist is often identified with the second beast in the Book of Revelation that arises from the land, the beast that tries to make everyone... → 0 The Gospel of Thomas claims to be the secret sayings of Jesus. There are 114 of them, so it says many things, but the central message is that Jesus... → 0 There are some kinds of Christianity that insist you have to believe literally in doctrine. The Gnostic gospels open out the complexity and... → 0 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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