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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