Elaine Pagels

It's not, because the person with whom I was most familiar, actually he wrote the review of the Gnostic Gospels on the front page of the New York Times Book Review.

Raymond Brown. But what it said is, these texts were rubbish in the first century, they're still rubbish.

Raymond Brown. But what it said is, these texts were rubbish in the first century, they're still rubbish.

Raymond Brown. But what it said is, these texts were rubbish in the first century, they're still rubbish.

Oh, not at all. It was written by a Catholic scholar.

Oh, not at all. It was written by a Catholic scholar.

Oh, not at all. It was written by a Catholic scholar.

Well, he thought I was making a sacred book out of trash. Yeah. And he wrote a huge text, the largest one and the most comprehensively researched there is. It's about the virgin birth of Jesus, the birth of the Messiah. And he considers the possibility that Jesus' birth involves something different from some miraculous event.

Well, he thought I was making a sacred book out of trash. Yeah. And he wrote a huge text, the largest one and the most comprehensively researched there is. It's about the virgin birth of Jesus, the birth of the Messiah. And he considers the possibility that Jesus' birth involves something different from some miraculous event.

Well, he thought I was making a sacred book out of trash. Yeah. And he wrote a huge text, the largest one and the most comprehensively researched there is. It's about the virgin birth of Jesus, the birth of the Messiah. And he considers the possibility that Jesus' birth involves something different from some miraculous event.

Yes. He says some people say that Jesus was the son of a Roman soldier. He wasn't even Jewish. But he said that's impossible because there were no Roman soldiers until after the Jewish war. But that's not true at all.

Yes. He says some people say that Jesus was the son of a Roman soldier. He wasn't even Jewish. But he said that's impossible because there were no Roman soldiers until after the Jewish war. But that's not true at all.

Yes. He says some people say that Jesus was the son of a Roman soldier. He wasn't even Jewish. But he said that's impossible because there were no Roman soldiers until after the Jewish war. But that's not true at all.

He didn't know about the insurrection of Judas the Galilean, which brought many Roman troops into the huge city of Sepphoris, which is a three-and-a-half-mile walk from Nazareth, and that those soldiers were stationed there after they burned the entire city down and enslaved the inhabitants for harboring a Jewish revolutionary against Rome.

He didn't know about the insurrection of Judas the Galilean, which brought many Roman troops into the huge city of Sepphoris, which is a three-and-a-half-mile walk from Nazareth, and that those soldiers were stationed there after they burned the entire city down and enslaved the inhabitants for harboring a Jewish revolutionary against Rome.

He didn't know about the insurrection of Judas the Galilean, which brought many Roman troops into the huge city of Sepphoris, which is a three-and-a-half-mile walk from Nazareth, and that those soldiers were stationed there after they burned the entire city down and enslaved the inhabitants for harboring a Jewish revolutionary against Rome.

And it's now well known among scholars of military history of the time that those soldiers were very disorderly and that any young person, male or female, who'd spent time with a Roman soldier was assumed to have been sexually assaulted.

And it's now well known among scholars of military history of the time that those soldiers were very disorderly and that any young person, male or female, who'd spent time with a Roman soldier was assumed to have been sexually assaulted.

And it's now well known among scholars of military history of the time that those soldiers were very disorderly and that any young person, male or female, who'd spent time with a Roman soldier was assumed to have been sexually assaulted.

I would say less inclined.