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The gnostic Gospels /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Penguin Books, ©1979.Edition: 1st edDescription: 184 Pages. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0140134689
  • 9780140134681
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT1390 .P3
Contents:
The controversy over Christ's resurrection : historical event or symbol? -- "One God, one bishop" : the politics of monotheism -- God the father/God the mother -- The passion of Christ and the persecution of Christians -- Whose church is the "true church"? -- Gnosis : self-knowledge as knowledge of God.
Summary: "A startling account of the meaning of Jesus and the origin of Christianity based on gnostic gospels and other secret texts, written almost 2,000 years ago, recently discovered near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt"--Jacket subtitle.
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Books Books SAIACS Pat Harrison Library Pat Harrison Collection 273.1 PAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available PHC001817
Books Books SAIACS Pat Harrison Library Pat Harrison Collection 273.1 PAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available PHC001816

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The controversy over Christ's resurrection : historical event or symbol? -- "One God, one bishop" : the politics of monotheism -- God the father/God the mother -- The passion of Christ and the persecution of Christians -- Whose church is the "true church"? -- Gnosis : self-knowledge as knowledge of God.

"A startling account of the meaning of Jesus and the origin of Christianity based on gnostic gospels and other secret texts, written almost 2,000 years ago, recently discovered near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt"--Jacket subtitle.

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