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Gnosticism: From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas

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English
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12 hours 58 minutes
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Intermediate

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Discover the mysteries of Gnosticism-its worldview, rituals, and sacred texts-and reveal its remarkable impact on western religious history.

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.

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