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Drawing upon evidence from a variety of gnostic sources, including the Nag Hammadi documents, Pagels demonstrates how gnostic writers not only failed to grasp the whole point of Paul's writings, but dared to claim his letters as a primary source for their anthropology, Christ-ology, and sacramental theology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBesides offering new insight into controversies over \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaul in the second century, this analysis of gnostic exegesis suggests a new perspective for Pauline study, challenging students and scholars to recognize the presuppositions — hermeneutical and theological — involved in their own reading of Paul's letters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Very good, the spine is lightly bleached\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: \u003cstrong\u003e9781563380396\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublishing House: Trinity Press International, 1975, first paperback edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Eureka Editions ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57264836673884,"sku":null,"price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/6333\/3724\/files\/4A0E4EFA-4B72-4227-BD24-65F18A6E0027.jpg?v=1775316453"},{"product_id":"the-nag-hammadi-library","title":"The Nag Hammadi Library in English, James M. Robinson, Director","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Nag Hammadi Library in English translated by members of the coptic gnostic library project of the institute for antiquity and christianity, James M. Robinson, Director \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn December, 1945, two peasants were digging for fertilizer in a cemetery near the Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi. Coming upon a jar at the base of a boulder, they broke it open to examine its contents. Out of the jar swirled golden bits of parchment, disappearing in the sky. The peasants had uncovered one of our time's most significant archaeological discoveries: the Nag Hammadi library.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eNag Hammadi Library in English\u003c\/em\u003e, awaited with growing excitement over three decades, is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of civilization, of ideas, of religion. It contains the sacred scriptures of the Gnostic movement that emerged and rapidly grew in the cradle of civilization at the time of Jesus and early Christianity. Its codices are a priceless periscope into the tumultuous world of ideas brewing during one of civilization's great turning points.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe world depicted by the writings is strange, unfamiliar, even hypnotic to modern sensibilities. It is a world botched by a blind, malevolent god. A world in which Simon of Cyrene is mistakenly crucified as Jesus laughs above the cross. A world in which Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed not because of their wickedness but because of the wisdom of their inhabitants, in which the Bible as we know it is turned upside down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor students of that Bible, \u003cem\u003eThe Nag Hammadi Library in English\u003c\/em\u003e includes a general introduction telling the story of the Library's discovery, the scribes who copied the texts and circumstances of its burial, and its strange subsequent history. Each translation is marked by page and line reference to the original codex. Every document is preceded by a brief introduction summarizing the research behind the translation. In addition to the Nag Hammadi find, this volume contains two tractates of a similar codex.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJust as the 1950s and 1960s were the decades of the Dead Sea Scrolls, so the 1970s and 1980s Will be the decades of the Nag Hammadi codices. \u003cem\u003eThe Nag Hammadi Library in English \u003c\/em\u003eunlocks this \"Zen of the Western world\" both to New Testament scholar and to the lay reader interested in the progression of civilization itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames M. Robinson is Director of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity at Claremont Graduate School in California and of its Nag Hammadi Research Project. 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He explores the growth, decline, and now the rebirth of the gnostic element in Biblical thought. Widely admired for his objective analysis of religion, the author, by demonstrating the profound humanism inherent in the Christian tradition, makes this religion come alive. He incorporates concepts that were deeply intrenched in the ancient gnosis, concepts such as karma, reincarnation, and moral evolution. The author believes that the rebirth of gnosticism can bring to the Christian community a revitalized spirit that can enhance our understanding of the message that Jesus brought to the world and exhibit the inner meaning of Christian orthodoxy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. Geddes MacGregor is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, and has received numerous awards over the years. 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