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Discover the mysteries of Gnosticism-its worldview, rituals, and sacred texts-and reveal its remarkable impact on western religious history.
Gnosticism: From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas
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Overview
Syllabus
- 01: Rediscovering Gnosis
- 02: Who Were the Gnostics?
- 03: God in Gnostic Myth
- 04: Gnosticism on Creation, Sin, and Salvation
- 05: Judas as a Gnostic Tragic Hero
- 06: Gnostic Bible Stories
- 07: Gnosticism's Ritual Pathway to God
- 08: The Feminine in Gnostic Myth
- 09: The Gospel of Thomas's Cryptic Sayings
- 10: The Gospel of Thomas on Reunifying the Self
- 11: Valentinus, Great Preacher of Gnosis
- 12: God and Creation in Valentinian Myth
- 13: “Becoming Male” through Valentinian Ritual
- 14: Valentinian Views on Christian Theology
- 15: Mary Magdalene as an Apostle of Gnosis
- 16: Competing Revelations from Christ
- 17: The Invention of Heresy
- 18: Making Gnosis Orthodox
- 19: Gnosticism and Judaism
- 20: Gnosis without Christ
- 21: The Mythology of Manichaeism
- 22: Augustine on Manichaeism and Original Sin
- 23: Gnostic Traces in Western Religions
- 24: “Gnosticism” in the Modern Imagination
- By This Professor
Taught by
David Brakke, Ph.D., M.Div.
