Description: Adam, Eve, and the Serpent by Elaine Pagels Bestselling author Elaine Pagels examines how the founders of the Christian church permanently revolutionized the meaning of sexuality. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us. "Confirms her reputation as both a scholar and a popular interpreter.... Continuously rewarding and illuminating." —The New York TimesHow did the early Christians come to believe that sex was inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become synonymous with the fall of humanity? What turned Christianity from a dissident sect that championed the integrity of the individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial order—with the central belief that human beings cannot not choose to sin? In this provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis. And she shows how what was once heresy came to shape our own attitudes toward the body and the soul. Author Biography ELAINE PAGELS is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University and the author of Reading Judas, The Gnostic Gospels—winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award—and the New York Times bestseller Beyond Belief. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Review "A stunning book ... [that] refreshes our view of early Christianity." —Christian Science Monitor"[Adam, Eve, and the Serpent] confirms her reputation as both a scholar and a popular interpreter.... Her book is continuously rewarding and illuminating." —The New York Times"This virtuoso study may disquiet some readers and refresh other; the debate it opens is not likely to leave any reader unmoved." —The New Yorker"Ms. Pagels has taken a complex and seemingly arcane subject and made it fascinating and accessible.... Any scholarly author who has ever tried to do that will recognize the brilliance of her achievement." —Wall Street Journal Review Quote "A stunning book...[that] refreshes our view of early Christianity." --Christian Science Monitor Details ISBN0679722327 Author Elaine Pagels Short Title ADAM EVE & THE SERPENT Pages 224 Language English ISBN-10 0679722327 ISBN-13 9780679722328 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1989 Imprint Vintage Books Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations illustrations Series Vintage Residence Princeton, NJ, US Birth 1943 Subtitle Sex and Politics in Early Christianity DOI 10.1604/9780679722328 AU Release Date 1989-09-19 NZ Release Date 1989-09-19 US Release Date 1989-09-19 UK Release Date 1989-09-19 Publisher Random House USA Inc Publication Date 1989-09-19 DEWEY 241.6609015 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138215173;
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