Elaine Pagels
Professor, Author
1943 –
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Who is Elaine Pagels?
Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey, 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, Adam, Eve, and the Serpent, The Origin of Satan, Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity, and Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation.
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- Born
- Feb 13, 1943
Palo Alto - Also known as
- Elaine Hiesey
- Elaine Paigels Ph. D.
- Professor Elaine Pagels
- Spouses
- Heinz Pagels
(1969 - 1988) - Kent Greenawalt
(1995 - )
- Heinz Pagels
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Doctorate, Harvard University
( - 1970) - M.A., Stanford University
( - 1965) - Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University
( - 1964)
- Doctorate, Harvard University
- Employment
- Princeton University
- Lived in
- United States of America
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on July 23, 2013
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