Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation (Hardcover) by Elaine Pagels

from magicians_nephew

One for the scholar - and maybe not just for the scholar. If you write a book about the gnostic or "hidden" books of the Bible, you might expect your book to sell a few hundred copies (if you were lucky) and then go quietly to sleep on the shelves of pastors and scholars.. But Elaine Pagels's boo...

from The_Hibernator

In her newest book, Pagels explores the history of John of Patmos' Book of Revelation. She outlines what we know about John of Patmos, what he was trying to say with his preaching, and how contemporaries may have responded. The second half of the book covers the history of Christianity in the fir...

from StephenBarkley

Frustrated again. I should know by now not to make assumptions based on the subtitle. When I read, "Visions, Prophecy, & Politics in the Book of Revelation," I assumed Pagels would be exploring the politically subversive nature of John's Revelation. Instead, I read a book about the reconstructed ...

from featherbear

• Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, author of the classic History of the Church, and a contemporary of the emperor Constantine, was ambivalent: the Book of Revelation was both "universally accepted" by Christian believers, and yet on the list of "illegitimate" books. Pagels notes similar...

from theageofsilt

This book focuses on presenting the historical context for the "Revelations". The most fascinating aspect was how a group of people decided which gospels were to be considered as authentic and included as Christian canon while other writings were rejected. There were many books of prophesy and on...