{"product_id":"2026200016094-secondhand-the-gnostic-gospels","title":"The Gnostic Gospels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHidden for nearly two millennia beneath the sands of Nag Hammadi, Egypt, a cache of ancient manuscripts resurfaced in 1945 to shatter centuries of orthodox Christian consensus. The Gnostic Gospels presents these radical early Christian texts — gospels attributed to Thomas, Philip, and Mary Magdalene, among others — and argues that the suppression of Gnostic Christianity was not merely theological, but a deliberate act of political consolidation by the emerging Church hierarchy. Elaine Pagels uncovers a world in which the nature of God, the resurrection, and the role of women in the faith were fiercely contested, illuminating a spiritual landscape far more diverse and tumultuous than canonical scripture suggests.\n\nPagels writes with the precision of a scholar and the narrative grace of a storyteller, making complex theological and historical debates fully accessible without sacrificing intellectual rigour. Her analysis illustrates how the victors of early Christian power struggles shaped the faith that billions would inherit, erasing alternative voices that spoke of self-knowledge, divine femininity, and inner enlightenment. Winner of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, this landmark work of religious history continues to challenge readers to question what was lost — and why.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342780244187,"sku":"2026200016094-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/bd00daec-2ecf-4c9a-8033-6f02013e8cd1.png?v=1790049401","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016094-secondhand-the-gnostic-gospels","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}