The Gnostic Paul

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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 Pauline Epistles, and questions about their authorship. The core of the book examines how the Pauline epistles were read by 2nd century gnostics. That is how Paul could be considered a proto-gnostic as well as a proto-Catholic.

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The Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters (1975), Fortress Press, ISBN 0-8006-0403-2.

[edit] See also

• Gnosticism and the New Testament

[edit] External links

• Review of The Gnostic Paul
• Another review of The Gnostic Paul