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born 1943 United States

Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey (born February 13, 1943), is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University.

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Satan is a way of perceiving opponents. You may not believe the mythology of such a universe, but it’s in you, a background perception.”

Could the title of the Gospel of Thomas—named after the disciple who, tradition tells us, went to India—suggest the influence of Indian tradition?

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elaine Pagels (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.