Adam, Eve and the Serpent - Couverture rigide

Pagels, Elaine

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0297793268 ISBN 13 : 9780297793267

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us.  How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become synonymous with the fall of humanity? What turned Christianity from a dissident sect that  championed the integrity of the individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial order—with the central belief that human beings cannot not choose to sin?  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.

Revue de presse

"A stunning book . . . [that] refreshes our view of early Christianity." —Christian Science Monitor

"[Adam, Eve, and the Serpent] confirms her reputation as both a scholar and a popular interpreter. . . . Her book is continuously rewarding and illuminating." —The New York Times

"This virtuoso study may disquiet some readers and refresh other; the debate it opens is not likely to leave any reader unmoved." —The New Yorker

"Ms. Pagels has taken a complex and seemingly arcane subject and made it fascinating and accessible. . . . Any scholarly author who has ever tried to do that will recognize the brilliance of her achievement."  —Wall Street Journal

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0297793268
• ISBN 13: 9780297793267
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224