As a belligerent controversialist himself, Pagels suggests, Athanasius liked its belligerently controversial qualities.

NEWYORKER: The Big Reveal

Pagels then shows that Revelation, far from being meant as a hallucinatory prophecy, is actually a coded account of events that were happening at the time John was writing.

NEWYORKER: The Big Reveal

Pagels is an absorbing, intelligent, and eye-opening companion.

NEWYORKER: The Big Reveal