{"product_id":"revelations-isbn-9780143121633","title":"Revelations","description":"\u003cb\u003eA profound exploration of the Bible's most controversial book—from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Gnostic Gospels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe strangest book of the New Testament, filled with visions of the Rapture, the whore of Babylon, and apocalyptic writing of the end of times, the Book of Revelation has fascinated readers for more than two thousand years, but where did it come from? And what are the meanings of its surreal images of dragons, monsters, angels, and cosmic war?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElaine Pagels, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and \"the preeminent voice of biblical scholarship to the American public\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e), elucidates the true history of this controversial book, uncovering its origins and the roots of dissent, violence, and division in the world's religions. Brilliantly weaving scholarship with a deep understanding of the human needs to which religion speaks, Pagels has written what may be the masterwork of her unique career.\"\u003ci\u003eRevelations\u003c\/i\u003e is a slim book that packs in dense layers of scholarship and meaning . . . One of [Elaine Pagels's] great gifts is much in abundance: her ability to ask, and answer, the plainest questions about her material without speaking down to her audience . . . She must be a fiendishly good lecturer.\"\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the  significant benefits of Pagels's book is its demonstration of the  unpredictability of apocalyptic politics . . . The meaning of the  Apocalypse is ever malleable and ready to hand for whatever crisis one  confronts. That is one lesson of Pagels's book. Another is that we all  should be vigilant to keep some of us from using the vision for violence  against others.\"\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pagels is  an absorbing, intelligent, and eye-opening companion. Calming and  broad-minded here, as in her earlier works, she applies a sympathetic  and humane eye to texts that are neither subtle nor sympathetically  humane but lit instead by fury.\" — \u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Any  book in the Bible that can be cited simultaneously by deeply  conservative end-of-times Christians who see the Apocalypse around the  corner and by Marxist-friendly Christians looking forward to justice at  the End of History must have a compelling back story. That back story is  told well and concisely by Elaine Pagels in her new book, \u003ci\u003eRevelations\u003c\/i\u003e.\" — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eElaine Pagels\u003c\/b\u003e is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of  Religion at Princeton University and the author of \u003ci\u003eReading Judas,  The Gnostic Gospels\u003c\/i\u003e-winner of the National Book Critics Circle  Award and the National Book Award- and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e  bestseller \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belief\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299995472101,"sku":"NP9780143121633","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143121633.jpg?v=1767735706","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/revelations-isbn-9780143121633","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}