Elaine Pagels is a renowned scholar whose work focuses on early Christianity and Gnosticism. She gained significant acclaim for her book "The Gnostic Gospels," which explores alternative Christian texts found in the Nag Hammadi collection. Pagels argues that these texts challenge traditional views of early Christian beliefs and highlight the diversity of thought present at that time. Her insightful analysis offers a fresh perspective on how orthodoxy was formed and the various beliefs that...