What is Gnosticism?
Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman
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The God of the Hebrew Bible
Gnosticism is polytheistic and accounts for the Yahweh as almost a devil figure. He creates humanity in the material world to trap the divine embodiment of wisdom. This Yada boat, which sounds like the Old Testament god Yahweh, Lord of Sabbath, does in fact declare that he himself is the only God,. I alone am God and there is no other.
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