num_pages: 183
description: Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeA provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts.
language: English
title: The Gnostic Gospels
titlecomplete: The Gnostic Gospels
characters: Mary Magdalene
genres: Mythology, Religion, Theology, Philosophy, Spirituality, Christian, Gnosticism, Nonfiction, History, Christianity
ratings_count: 17704
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: Religion/Inspiration (Hardcover), awardedAt: 284025600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Random House