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Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication

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Overview

Discover myriad works of early Christianity that failed to make the official canon and become part of the Bible in this course by best-selling author and Professor Bart D. Ehrman.

Topics Covered:
  • By This Professor
  • 01: The Diversity of Early Christianity
  • 02: Christians Who Would Be Jews
  • 03: Christians Who Refuse To Be Jews
  • 04: Early Gnostic Christianity-Our Sources
  • 05: Early Christian Gnosticism-An Overview
  • 06: The Gnostic Gospel of Truth
  • 07: Gnostics Explain Themselves
  • 08: The Coptic Gospel of Thomas
  • 09: Thomas' Gnostic Teachings
  • 10: Infancy Gospels
  • 11: The Gospel of Peter
  • 12: The Secret Gospel of Mark
  • 13: The Acts of John
  • 14: The Acts of Thomas
  • 15: The Acts of Paul and Thecla
  • 16: Forgeries in the Name of Paul
  • 17: The Epistle of Barnabas
  • 18: The Apocalypse of Peter
  • 19: The Rise of Early Christian Orthodoxy
  • 20: Beginnings of the Canon
  • 21: Formation of the New Testament Canon
  • 22: Interpretation of Scripture
  • 23: Orthodox Corruption of Scripture

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