Lost Christianities : Christian scriptures and the battles over authentication /

Ehrman, Bart D,

Lost Christianities : Christian scriptures and the battles over authentication / [print] Bart D. Ehrman. - Springfield, Virginia : Teaching Company, (c)2002. - 12 sound discs in 2 containers (circa 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + - The great courses . - Great courses (Compact disc) .

Compact discs.

part I: lecture 1. The diversity of early Christianity ; lecture 2. Christians who would be Jews -- lecture 3. Christians who refuse to be Jews ; lecture 4. Early gnostic Christianity: our sources -- lecture 5. Early Christian gnosticism: an overview ; lecture 6. The gnostic gospel of truth -- lecture 7. Gnostics explain themselves ; lecture 8. The Coptic gospel of Thomas -- lecture 9. Thomas' gnostic teachings ; lecture 10. Infancy gospels -- lecture 11. The gospel of Peter ; lecture 12. The secret gospel of Mark. part II: lecture 13. The Acts of John ; lecture 14. The Acts of Thomas -- lecture 15. The Acts of Paul and Thecla ; lecture 16. Forgeries in the name of Paul -- lecture 17. The epistle of Barnabas ; lecture 18. The Apocalypse of Peter -- lecture 19. The rise of early Christian orthodoxy ; lecture 20. The beginnings of the canon -- lecture 21. Formation of the New Testament canon ; lecture 22. Interpretation of scripture -- lecture 23. Orthodox corruption of Scripture ; lecture 24. Early Christian creed.

Twenty-four lectures on the history and varieties of Christian doctrines in the early church.



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Apocryphal books (New Testament)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Christian heresies--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity.
Gnosticism.

BS2840.T253.L678 2002 BS2840