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Libra Esoterica

The gnostic Gospels

by Elaine Pagels

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Languages: English, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
  • Content type: Fiction

"JESUS CHRIST ROSE from the grave."

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity.

  • Controlled discovery queries from gegnir and openlibrary matched “Gnosticism”. Retained metadata contains “gnostic” in the title, “gnostic” in the subject metadata, “Gnosticism” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Gnosticism· via Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue
    • Gnosticism· via Open Library
    • gnostic· in title
    • gnostic· in subject
    • Gnosticism· in subject
    • nag hammadi· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 18 editions; 2 cataloged here.

1st edition

24 cm; Dewey classification: 273.1; Includes bibliographical references and index; Publication place: New York; xxxvi, 182 bls

1979Random HouseEnglish
  • 0394502787
Catalog record

Open Library record

September 19, 1989Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.English
  • 9780679724537
  • 0679724532
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Subjects

18 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 18 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL3748808W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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