Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Dr. Darrell L. Bock, research professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, discusses the gnostic gospels and their relationship to early Christian belief and the historical Jesus.

Dr. Bock's book, "The Missing Gospels: Unearthing the Truth Behind Alternative Christianities": amazon.com/Missing-Gospels-Unearthing-Alternative-Christianities/dp/0785289062/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZcXcd2U6r7GrquawrN22qcm7iv2lhP4O-Sgg4emPngobShqch8wKYlZ9z5neADfx7k_QlhtfgKFSsPEIuknPuRnZANy7hveTrLJCEgh6tu8ay7sqjj2cUCVZFPE3-PrvEo5mGPnAuws4oN-ct25_AEskECnMct49tBEvB1QSTjNx4DfAGyTjhfnpsauqXrjnbp7Yej8IA3cJ2XGZuIcKKsbBr0EA6iGpWEXGTTlGV6g.OhGsR4XrlqS2TvH5LzyfMtlgdpMAqoe1ywQNxQ_283c&qid=1748186650&sr=8-1

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EPISODE CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:18 What makes the gnostic gospels so interesting?
01:41 What is gnosticism?
05:15 What did the gnostics think about Jesus?
13:04 The Gospel of Thomas
17:06 The Gospel of Judas
18:31 The Gospel of Peter
20:22 The Gospel of Phillip
24:00 How did the New Testament books get selected?
29:22 The Niece Creed and its history
37:58 What role did Constantine play?
47:04 Bart Ehrman's views on early Christianity