Through the bestselling books of elaine pagels, thousands of readers have come to know and treasure the suppressed biblical. Pagels to john of patmos, is the last book in the new testament and. If god didnt write it through the sainted instrument of someone named john, then who did, and why. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early christianity and gnosticism. Elaine pagels, nee hiesey born february, 1943, is an american religious historian. Elaine pagels on the book of revelation season 15 episode. Visions, prophecy and politics in the book of revelation, princeton university religious professor elaine pagels places the book of revelation in its historical context. Mar 07, 2012 close overlay buy featured book title revelations subtitle visions, prophecy, and politics in the book of revelation author elaine h. Elaine pagels explores the surprising history of the most controversial book of the bible. The book of revelations is indeed a revelation in elaine pagels s understanding of it.
Many christians today believe that the book of revelation which some mistakenly call revelations was written by the same john who wrote the gospel of john, speaks to an audience of. She is the harrington spear paine professor of religion at princeton university. One of elaine pagelss great gifts is much in abundance. Princeton religious scholar elaine pagels puts the new testaments last book in historical context. Elaine pagels recounts what scholars know about the book of revelation in terms of its composition, how it was viewed by contemporaries and its eventual inclusion into the new testament. Visions, prophecy, and politics in the book of revelation reprint by pagels, elaine isbn. His tail swept down a third of the stars in heaven and cast them to earth.
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Elaine pagels has continued to research and write about the theological shifts and battles within earlier christianity. Pagels, the author of the gnostic gospels, details how revelation and other apocalyptic writings have frequently urged fear and hatred of ruling powers, if not so often armed revolt. In this groundbreaking book, elaine pagels, princetons distinguished historian of religion, traces the evolution of satan from its origins in the hebrew bible, where satan is at first merely obstructive, to the new testament, where satan becomes the prince of darkness, the bitter enemy of god and man, evil incarnate. Elaine pagels new book offers revelations on the book.
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Visions, prophecy, and politics in the book of revelation, viking penguin, new york, 2012 reading judas. Visions, prophecy and politics in the book of revelation, by elaine pagels. Pagels, who changed forever how we look at christianity with books like the gnostic gospels, here rethinks the book of revelation, which has always been regarded as a nearfantastic vision of the worlds end. Revelations is a slim book that packs in dense layers of scholarship and meaning. Author elaine pagels includes here discussion of not only john of patmoss book of revelations, so wellknown from the new testament, but also discussion of the numerous revelation texts found at nag hammadi in upper egypt in 1945. Visions, prophecy, and politics in the book of revelation ebook written by elaine pagels. Her notable books included the gnostic gospels 1979, the origin of satan 1995, beyond belief. Pagels to john of patmos, is the last book in the new testament and the only one thats apocalyptic. This quite marvelous book is marred by a terribly misleading title. Visions, prophecy, and politics in the book of revelation by. Visions, prophecy, and politics in the book of revelation elaine pagels. John of patmos was a war refugee, writing sixty years after the death of jesus and. Elaine pagels burst the myth of the early christian church as a unified movement in her 1979 book the gnostic gospels, which won both the national book critics circle award and the national book award, and was chosen by the modern library as one of the 100 best books of the 20th century. The book of revelation last podcast on the left reading list.
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