Imagine a Bible that begins like this: God said, “I am the Lord thy God, and there are no other gods but me.” Then a voice came out of the deepest heaven and said, “Thou liest, god of the blind!” Or ...

This book may well be the most comprehensive collection of Gnostic materials ever gathered in one volume. After a dry introduction to current debates about gnosticism (by Meyer) and a luminous, ...

Over 70 years ago, several Gnostic texts were discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt. This gallery delves into the history of these ancient books and the controversy that surrounds them. Could they really ...

One person’s good news may be another’s lost cause. And that is, literally, the gospel truth. Just ask Elaine Pagels, a champion of lost gospels, as she rides the wake of Mel Gibson’s Gospel ...

James M. Robinson, a prominent scholar of the Gospel source known as “Q” and of Gnosticism, died March 22 at age 91. He taught at the school now named the Claremont School of Theology from 1958 until ...

A collection of early Christian texts, the Gnostic Gospels were uncovered near the town of Nag Hammadi, North Egypt, in 1945. The stories were not included in the New Testament, a point which many ...