The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics Elaine Pagels

The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics

Author: Elaine Pagels
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Book Title
The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans, and Heretics
Author
Elaine Pagels
ISBN
9780679731184
From the religious historian whose The Gnostic Gospels won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan's story into an audacious exploration of Christianity's shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Elaine PagelsPublisher: VintagePublished: 04/30/1996ISBN: 9780679731184Pages: 240Weight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.06h x 5.20w x 0.65dReview Citations: New York Times 05/05/1996 pg. 32
From the religious historian whose The Gnostic Gospels won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan's story into an audacious exploration of Christianity's shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Elaine Pagels
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/30/1996
ISBN: 9780679731184
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.20w x 0.65d

Review Citations: New York Times 05/05/1996 pg. 32
From the religious historian whose The Gnostic Gospels won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan's story into an audacious exploration of Christianity's shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Elaine Pagels
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04/30/1996
ISBN: 9780679731184
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.20w x 0.65d

Review Citations: New York Times 05/05/1996 pg. 32