The Gnostic Paul

The Gnostic Paul

"The Gnostic Paul" is a book by Elaine Pagels, a scholar of gnosticism and professor of religion at Princeton University. In the work, Pagels considers each of the non-pastoral Pauline Epistles, and questions about their authorship. The core of the book examines how the Pauline epistles were read by 2nd century Valentinian gnostics. That is how Paul could be considered a proto-gnostic as well as a proto-Catholic.

Publication data

*"The Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters" (1975), Fortress Press, ISBN 0-8006-0403-2.
** 2nd edition 1992: Trinity Press International, ISBN 1-56338-039-0,

ee also

*Gnosticism and the New Testament

External links

* [http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/jul1976/v33-2-bookreview9.htm Review of "The Gnostic Paul"]
* [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/gopher/other/courses/rels/436/Reviews/Pagels%20(Green) Another review of "The Gnostic Paul"]


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