Pagels was born in California, graduated from Stanford University
(B.A. 1964, M.A. 1965) and, after briefly studying dance at Martha
Graham's studio, began studying for her Ph.D. at Harvard University
as a student of Helmut Koester. She married theoretical physicist
Heinz Pagels in 1969. At Harvard, she was part of a team studying
the Nag Hammadi library manuscripts. Upon finishing her Ph.D. from
Harvard in 1970, she joined the faculty at Barnard College, where
she headed the department of religion from 1974.
Elaine H. Pagels is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of
Religion at Princeton University. She is the author of The Gnostic
Gospels, which won the National Book Award and the National Book
Critics Circle Award, The Johannie Gospel in Gnostic Exegesis,
Adam, Eve, and the Serpent, and the best-selling Beyond Belief: The
Secret Gospel of Thomas.
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