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Review title: another good Pagels work
Product review: this is a pretty extensive look at how the gnostics saw Paul and his works. However, this is not a reconstruction of the historical Paul, as the book itself states, but a study of gnosticism and their interpretation, so it is best read with a copy of Paul's authentic letters and a copy of the Nag Hammedi libary close by. And to correct another reviewer( yes I do read other reviews), St.Valetine and Valentinus are not the same individual, Valentinus lived in the second century and St. Valentine died in the year 269. That aside, this a good book for those who are serios about new testament history, but probably not so good for those who are searching for inspiration or spiritual truth.
