Adam, Eve, and the serpent / Elaine Pagels.
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TextNew York, Vintage Books: 1989Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: xxviii, 189p.; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0679722327
- BS2545.S36 P34 1989
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Reprint; orig. pub. NY, Random House, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-175) and index.
1 "The kingdom of God is at hand". -- 2 Christians against the Roman order. -- 3 Gnostic improvisations on Genesis. -- 4 The "Paradise of Virginity" regained. -- 5 The politics of paradise. -- 6 The nature of nature
'In this provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis. And she shows how what was once heresy came to shape our own attitudes toward the body and the soul.'
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