October 1st, 2009
The Mysteries of the Gnostic Gospels
an interview with Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey, (born February 13, 1943), is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she is best known for her studies and writing on the Gnostic Gospels. Her popular books include, The Gnostic Gospels (1979), Adam, Eve and the Serpent (1988), The Origin of Satan (1995), Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas (2003), and Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity (2007).
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I have attended a Pagels lecture, and think she is fantastic. But the trouble with lectures (and podcasts) is, “they are time consuming”, and I just don’t have that kind of time available. If you could publish a transcript as an alternative to the podcast, I would read it in a flash, and probably a number of the other talks you are offering as “pods”, too.