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Christian History Institute Presents More Stories: Gnosticism, The Da Vinci Code and The Gospel of Judas : References © 2007

 
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Why all the fascination about the Gnostic Gospel of Judas? Through interviews with leading historians and scholars, the testimonies of the Gospel writers and early Church Fathers, we examine how Gnostic beliefs originated, their influence, and their resurgence today.
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art I: Origin, Teaching and Opposition to Gnosticism
Part II: Some Gnostic Writings
Part III: Meaning of Gnosticism for Today
References

Resources:

  1. Arendzen, J. P. "Gnosticism." The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton, 1914.
  2. Dart, John. The Jesus of Heresy and History. The discovery and meaning of the Nag Hammadi Gnostic library. New York: Harper and Row, 1988.
  3. Ehrman, Bart D. Lost Christianities; the battles for scripture and faiths we never knew. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Read with caution.
  4. -------------- Truth and Fiction in the DaVinci Code. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  5. "Gnosticism." Encyclopedia of early Christianity, 2nd ed. Editor, Everett Ferguson; associate editors, Michael P. McHugh, Frederick W. Norris. New York : Garland Pub., 1997.
  6. "Gnosticism." New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1954.
  7. "Gnosticism" and "Nag Hammadi." The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Edited by F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone. Oxford, 1997.
  8. Grant, Robert M. Gnosticism. New York: Harper, 1961. Based largely on what the apologists said, not on the new manuscript finds.
  9. Habermas, Gary R. The Historical Jesus; Ancient evidence for the Life of Christ. Joplin, Missouri: College Press, 1996.
  10. Helmbold, Andrew K. The Nag Hammadi Gnostic Texts and the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1967.
  11. Pagels, Elaine. The Gnostic Gospels. New York: Random House, 1979. Read with great caution.
  12. Perkins, Pheme. The Gnostic Dialogue; the early church and the crisis of Gnosticism. New York: Paulist Press, 1980.
  13. Robinson, James M., Editor. The Nag Hammadi Library. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1988.
  14. Thiede, Carsten Peter and Matthew D'Ancona. Eyewitness to Jesus; Amazing new manuscript evidence about the origins of the gospels. New York: Doubleday, 1996.

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