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Lost Christianities Christian scriptures and the battles over authentication Part 1 /

Professor Ehrman delivers lectures examining the varieties of belief and practice in the early days of Christianity, including heresies and apocryphal books.

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Main Author: Ehrman, Bart D.
Corporate Author: Teaching Company
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., [2002]
Series:Great courses (Compact disc)
Subjects:
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christian heresies > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Apocryphal books (New Testament) > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Gnosticism.
Audiobooks.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The diversity of early Christianity
  • Christians who would be Jews
  • Christians who refuse to be Jews
  • Early gnostic Christianity, our sources
  • Early Christian gnosticism, an overview
  • The gnostic gospel of truth
  • Gnostics explain themselves
  • The Coptic gospel of Thomas
  • Thomas' gnostic teachings
  • Infancy gospels
  • The gospel of Peter
  • The secret gospel of Mark.
  • pt. 2. The Acts of John
  • The Acts of Thomas
  • The Acts of Paul and Thecla
  • Forgeries in the name of Paul
  • The epistle of Barnabas
  • The Apocalypse of Peter
  • The rise of early Christian orthodoxy
  • Beginnings of the Canon
  • Formation of the New Testament canon
  • Interpretation of scripture
  • Orthodox corruption of Scripture
  • Early Christian creeds.

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