Elaine Pagels Quotes


The Antichrist is often identified with the second beast in the Book of Revelation that arises from the land, the beast that tries to make everyone worship the power of evil.


Citations

Pagels, Elaine. Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation. Viking, 2012.

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Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels
  • Born: February 13, 1943
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Historian

Elaine Pagels, née Hiesey, is an American religious historian. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism.