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 ...

The movie and book are fiction. But anyone who took in The Da Vinci Code in theaters over the weekend might be wondering whether they had fallen asleep in Sunday School. From the big screen, viewers ...

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 ...

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

JESUS CHRIST's missing years were filled by a long-lost ancient text discovered in the 19th century, shining a light on his "remarkable" life beyond childhood and before crucifixion. So-called ...