Elaine Pagels

Revelations (eBook, ePUB)

Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A profound exploration of the Bible's most controversial book-from the bestselling author of Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels The strangest book of the New Testament, filled with visions of the Rapture, the whore of Babylon, and apocalyptic writing of the end of times, the Book of Revelation has fascinated readers for more than two thousand years, but where did it come from? And what are the meanings of its surreal images of dragons, monsters, angels, and cosmic war? Elaine Pagels, New York Times bestselling author and "the preeminent voice of biblical scholarship to the American public" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), elucidates the true history of this controversial book, uncovering its origins and the roots of dissent, violence, and division in the world's religions. Brilliantly weaving scholarship with a deep understanding of the human needs to which religion speaks, Pagels has written what may be the masterwork of her unique career.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781101577073
• Artikelnr.: 44652164

Autorenporträt

Elaine Pagels is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University and the author of Miracles and Wonder, 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.