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A National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us. 

Confirms her reputation as both a scholar and a popular interpreter.... Continuously rewarding and illuminating. —The New York Times

How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become synonymous with the fall of humanity? What turned Christianity from a dissident sect that  championed the integrity of the individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial order—with the central belief that human beings cannot not choose to sin?  In this provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied i

Adam Eve and the Serpent Sex and Politics in Early Christianity

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      Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/19/1989 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780679722328, 978-0679722328
      ISBN10: 0679722327
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us. 

      Confirms her reputation as both a scholar and a popular interpreter.... Continuously rewarding and illuminating. —The New York Times

      How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become synonymous with the fall of humanity? What turned Christianity from a dissident sect that  championed the integrity of the individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial order—with the central belief that human beings cannot not choose to sin?  In this provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied i

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