by Elaine Pagels
I think the history of the early church should be required reading for all Americans. Don't stop believing whatever it is you believe; just know where it came from. This book is an excellent start. I'm glad I'm reading it *after* having listened to a lecture series about the cultural journey from Je...
Whenever I refer to the Book of Revelations in the presence of my wife, she corrects me by reminding me that it's a singular revelation, not plural. As usual she is correct. But I don't appreciate being corrected, so I was glad to see, at first glance, what appeared to be Elaine Pagels agreeing w...
An imminently rational and reasonable reading of the book of Revelations. It will be universally disregarded.Pagels puts Revelations in the context of the author's time of intense persecution of Christians by Rome, in the context of other heavily symbolic prophetic works of the time such as those r...
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