This book was released on with total page 160 pages. Elaine Pagels, Princeton Universityĭownload Full The Secret Teachings of Jesus in PDF by Full eBook and published by Vintage. All of his research on the Nag Hammadi texts is having an incredible impact on our knowledge of early Christian history––it is virtually redefining it." ––Dr. "Marv is one of the original secret gospels scholars who has done an enormous amount of work to bring these texts to light. This book provides the definitive next book for those looking for expert presentation of the alternative Gnostic stream of Christianity, in which there is no talk of crucifixion and Mary Magdalene is presented as the disciple that Jesus loved best. o For those wanting to learn more after reading The Da Vinci Code. The texts, especially taken together, present an image of Jesus as the ultimate wisdom teacher, a kind of mysterious Jewish Zen master, who scandalized listeners by his radical egalitarianism (regarding women, slaves, the poor, the marginalized as of equal status, or more, with establishment male believers) and his insistence on living the message, spiritual experience, vs. ![]() The material is largely from the discovery at Nag Hammadi, freshly translated and introduced, but also includes texts found elsewhere. He includes his latest translations of not only the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, the Gospel of Mary, but other texts such as the Secret Book of John, which some scholars regard as the second part of the New Testament Gospel of John. o Marvin Meyer, premier scholar of Gnostic and other Christian literature outside the New Testament, presents every Gnostic Gospel and Jesus text with a brilliant overall introduction, introductions to each text, and notes that explain everything the reader needs to know to understand the text. ![]() ![]() Book excerpt: For all those readers curious to read the actual texts of the Gnostic Gospels, here is the definitive collection of all the Gnostic Gospels and Gospel–like texts. This book was released on with total page 368 pages. Meyer Full eBook and published by Harper Collins. Majella Franzmann's work advances our whole understanding of the origins, development and present identity of Christians and Christianity.ĭownload Full The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus in PDF by Marvin W. From these writings Majella Franzmann presents a fascinating and radically different portrait or series of portraits of Jesus and of the world into which he came. The Nag Hammadi texts were discovered in 1945 near Luxor in Egypt. The whole range of early Christian movements, including the Gnostic Christian movements, cannot be separated and identified simply as orthodox or heretical from the beginning. Majella Franzmann, however, shows that it is a mistake to believe that Christianity was a homogeneous entity from the first and that the only valid traditions about the founder are preserved by those early Christians who became the dominant, mainstream group. Book excerpt: Many of the Nag Hammadi writings are considered 'heretical' and therefore not valid sources for traditions about the founder, Jesus. ![]() This book was released on 1996 with total page 328 pages. Download Full Jesus in the Nag Hammadi Writings in PDF by Majella Franzmann Full eBook and published by Burns & Oates.
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