Gnostic Gospels
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first heard Apr 2025
last heard 8 Sep
↑2 vs the 6 months before
Collection of early Christian texts discussed by Pagels
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Peak in the week of 8 Sep — 1 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentJoel WentzBooks and Big Ideas Audio (with Joel Wentz) · How (not) to Interpret Jesus · 4:19 · 8 Sep
…They survey the Gnostic gospel writings, not just the canonical gospels, as other evidence of how people filled in gaps or added material to the life of Jesus.…
TyCate & Ty Break It Down · Kicked Out of the Congregation: Rebuilding Spirituality with... · 35:47 · 12 Aug
…Uh what are the Gnostic Gospels?…
Vincent CunninghamThe New Yorker Radio Hour · Elaine Pagels on the Mysteries of Jesus · 1:23 · Apr 2025
…Pagels' 1979 book, The Gnostic Gospels, was scholarly and rigorous, but also accessible outside the academy and widely read. She changed how a lot of people, Christian and those we might call Christian-curious, how they thought about the Bible itself. Pagels went on to write The Origin of Satan, as well as works on Adam and Eve and the Book of Revelation.…
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