Dr. Darrell L. Bock, research professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, discusses the gnostic gospels and their relationship to early Christian belief and the historical Jesus.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:18 What makes the gnostic gospels so interesting?
01:41 What is gnosticism?
05:15 What did the gnostics think about Jesus?
13:04 The Gospel of Thomas
17:06 The Gospel of Judas
18:31 The Gospel of Peter
20:22 The Gospel of Phillip
24:00 How did the New Testament books get selected?
29:22 The Niece Creed and its history
37:58 What role did Constantine play?
47:04 Bart Ehrman's views on early Christianity
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