The Gnostic Gospels - Elaine Pagels

Elaine Pagels is the Harrington Spear Paine Foundation Professor of Religion at Princeton University. She is the author of several books, including Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity , the New York Times bestseller Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas , and The Gnostic Gospels , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award. Professor Pagels lives in Princeton, New Jersey.