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The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visions - dreams and nightmares, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, earthquakes, plagues and war.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Apocalypse Bible Book Controversial Dreams Earthquakes Four Instead Moral Most Nightmares Offers Only Revelation Stories Strangest Teaching Visions War

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After Ann Godoff, who was editor-in-chief at Random House, left and went to Viking, I got to know Viking and the people there, and liked them very much. I also found a wonderful editor there, Wendy Wolf. It's a very congenial press.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: After Also Congenial Editor Found Got House Know Left Liked Much People Press Random Them Very Who Wolf Wonderful

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The Secret Revelation of John opens, again, in crisis. The disciple John, grieving Jesus' death, is walking toward the temple when he meets a Pharisee who mocks him for having been deceived by a false messiah. These taunts echoed John's own fear and doubt.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Again Been Crisis Death Deceived Disciple Doubt False Fear Grieving Having He Him Jesus John Meets Messiah Opens Own Revelation Secret Taunt Temple Toward Walking Who

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The Antichrist is often identified with the second beast in the Book of Revelation that arises from the land, the beast that tries to make everyone worship the power of evil.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Antichrist Arises Beast Book Everyone Evil Identified Land Make Often Power Revelation Second Tries Worship

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The author of the Gospel of Judas wasn't against martyrdom, and he didn't ever insult the martyrs. He said it's one thing to die for God if you have to do that. But it's another thing to say that's what God wants, that this is a glorification of God.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Against Another Author Die Ever God Gospel He Insult Judas Martyrdom Martyrs One Thing Said Say Thing Wants You

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What survived as orthodox Christianity did so by suppressing and forcibly eliminating a lot of other material.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Christianity Did Lot Material Orthodox Other Suppressing Survived

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We don't actually know if the person who wrote the Gospel of John had a written copy of Thomas because we don't know exactly when it was written.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Actually Because Copy Exactly Gospel Had John Know Person Thomas Who Written Wrote

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People who are comfortable with very clear boundaries and group definitions don't like the instability and ambiguity of people who say they are more advanced Christians, or they don't have to do what the bishop says.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Advanced Ambiguity Bishop Boundaries Christians Clear Comfortable Definitions Group Instability Like More People Say Says Very Who

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Fundamentalism does mean reading quite conservatively and literally, saying 'the Bible is the word of God and we have to follow it. What it says is this.'

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Bible Does Follow Fundamentalism God Literally Mean Quite Reading Saying Says Word

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Christianity becomes just a set of things you believe in. It's almost an intellectual kind of abstract issue.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Abstract Almost Becomes Believe Christianity Intellectual Issue Just Kind Set Things You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: February 13th, 1943

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