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Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

What is Gnosticism?

Jun 27, 2023

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1.

Introduction

2min

2.

What Is Gnosticism?

3min

3.

The Role of Jesus in the Creation of the World

1min

4.

The Unknowable God

2min

5.

The God of the Hebrew Bible

3min

6.

The Goal of the Gnostics Is to Get Back to the Pleroma

2min

7.

The Secrets of the Gnostics

2min

8.

The Origins of the Gospel of John

2min

9.

The Proto-Orthodox Church Fathers and the Spread of Gnosticism

2min

10.

The Problem With Gnostics

2min

11.

Gnosticism and the Afterlife

2min

12.

Gnosticism and the Mystery Cults

3min

13.

The Gnostic Gospel of Thomas

2min

14.

The Coptic Apocalypse of Peter

2min

15.

The New Testament Gospels

3min

16.

How to Write Your Own Gospel

1min

17.

The Bible Says Nothing About Transgender People

2min

18.

Platonism and the Body of Yahweh

2min

19.

The Importance of Silence

2min

20.

Polycarp and Papias Know the Apostle John

2min

21.

The Influence of Persia on Jewish Apocalyptic Thought

3min

22.

What Is Gnosticism?

3min

How could these religions be considered Christian if they didn't think Jesus' death mattered? How could they consider the God of the Old Testament to be a lower level and inferior divinity, and this material universe to be a cosmic disaster? Did Gnostics have their own Scriptures? Did they use the books that later became the New Testament? If so, why didn't they just admit their views were wrong? We will address these and other issues in this exploration of the highly unusual world of Christian Gnosticism.

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