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008 050418s2003 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020 _a0375501568 (alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aBS 2860 .T52
_bP34 2003
100 1 _aPagels, Elaine H.,
_d1943-
245 1 0 _aBeyond belief :
_bthe secret Gospel of Thomas /
_cElaine Pagels.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bRandom House,
_cc2003.
300 _a241 p. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _gch. 1.
_tFrom the feast of Agape to the Nicene Creed --
_gch. 2.
_tGospels in conflict : John and Thomas --
_gch. 3.
_tGod's word or human words? --
_gch. 4.
_tThe canon of truth and the triumph of John --
_gch. 5.
_tConstantine and the Catholic Church --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tNotes --
_tThe Gospel of Thomas --
_tIndex.
520 _a[This book] explores how Christianity began by tracing its earliest texts, including the secret Gospel of Thomas, rediscovered in Egypt in 1945 ... [The author explores] historical and archeological sources to investigate what Jesus and his teachings meant to his followers before the invention of Christianity as we know it ... [She] compares such sources as Thomas' gospel ... with the canonic texts to show how Christian leaders chose to include some gospels and exclude others from the collections we have come to know as the New Testament. To stabilize the emerging Christian church in times of devastating persecution, the church fathers constructed the canon, creed, and hierarchy--and, in the process, suppressed many of its spiritual resources.-Dust jacket.
630 0 0 _aGospel of Thomas (Coptic Gospel)
_xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pJohn
_xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 _aChristianity
_xEssence, genius, nature.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 1 _3Sample text
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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