The Origin of Satan (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Elaine Pagels
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Sociology of religion
- Genres: Nonfiction, Religion and spirituality
- Subjects: Religion, Christianity, Devils or demons, Satan or Satanism, Gnosticism
Elaine Pagels, a professor of religion at Princeton University, gained attention beyond the academy with the publication in 1979 of The Gnostic Gospels. An analysis of the Nag Hammadi Library, which was discovered in 1945 in the Egyptian town for which it is named, the book argued for a reconsideration of the early history of Christianity. Pagels, through her study of dozens of previously unknown documents found at Nag Hammadi, concluded that the standard account of the early Christian church did not take sufficient account of the diversities of Christian belief in the first and...
[The entire page is 2117 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
