Word: gnostic
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...Lost Gospels" was much ado about nothing. Gnostics may feel that they have peace of mind now, but with only these fusty old fairy tales to guide them, they will never be sure if they are on the right track. After all, the ultimate purpose of the canonical Bible is not to help us feel good in this life but to prepare us for what comes after. Therefore the Gnostic books will soon gather dust on the bookshelf, but they truly belong in the trash. John Bockman Tokyo...
...Gnostic Codices Our story on the new interest in early Christian Gospels [RELIGION, Dec. 22] noted the discovery of Scriptures that were unearthed in 1945. We once reported on the significance of these codices as interpreted by Christian experts after years of study [June...
...CHURCH STUDY GROUPS. Princeton professor Elaine Pagels won a National Book Award for her 1979 essay The Gnostic Gospels, which explored those alternative interpretations of the Christ story. The book was a surprise best seller, and three titles later, study groups at churches around the country are using Pagels' works to supplement more traditional Bible studies...
...MATRIX TRILOGY. The movies' premise that the world we know is neither good nor real but the creation of a malign power echoes early texts that are now known as Gnostic. Similar themes mark the work of science-fiction patriarch Philip K. Dick, whose stories have been turned into movies like Blade Runner, Minority Report and John Woo's Paycheck, opening on Christmas...
Meanwhile, the combination of catholic rethinking and Gnostic revelations have reanimated wilder Magdalene speculations, like that of a Jesus-Magdalene marriage. ("No other biblical figure," Schaberg notes, "has had such a vivid and bizarre postbiblical life.") The Gnostic Gospel of Philip describes Magdalene as "the one who was called [Jesus'] companion," claiming that he "used to kiss her on her [mouth]." Most scholars discount a Jesus-Magdalene match because it finds little echo in the canonical Gospels once the false Magdalenes are removed. But it fulfills a deep narrative expectation: for the alpha male to take a mate...