The Origin of Satan - Couverture rigide

Pagels, Elaine H.

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ISBN 10 : 0679401407 ISBN 13 : 9780679401407

Editeur : Random House Inc, 1995

Synopsis

Book by Pagels Elaine

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Arresting . . . brilliant . . . this book illuminates the angels with which we must wrestle to come to the truth of our bedeviling spritual problems."  —Boston Globe

"Pagels is a wonderful writer. . . . She has a gift for bringing ancient texts alive. . . . Fascinating."  —San Francisco Chronicle

"Lively reading . . . a book that makes familiar concepts disturbingly fresh and provocative." —The New York Times

"Pagels has achieved something important. . . . Thoughtful scholarly works that are also original and adventurous are not common. The Origin of Satan is such a work, and we should be correspondingly grateful."  —New York Review of Books

"Lucid and closely reasoned. . . . Pagels remains always a lively writer who discerns the human implications of esoteric texts and scholarly disputes." —Chicago Tribune

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From the religious historian whose The Gnostic Gospels won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan’s story into an audacious exploration of Christianity’s shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Random House Inc
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679401407
• ISBN 13: 9780679401407
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 214