54. Bart Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture

54. Bart Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture

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Did copyists intentionally change the text of the New Testament? A discussion of Bart D. Ehrman's Orthodox Corruption of Scripture.

52. Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels

52. Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels

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What made gnostics different from other Christians? And did it matter? A discussion of Elaine Pagels' 1979 monograph, The Gnostic Gospels.

29. Michael Williams, Rethinking Gnosticism

29. Michael Williams, Rethinking Gnosticism


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What is "Gnosticism"? A discussion of Michael Williams' Rethinking Gnosticism along with scholarship by Karen King, Christoph Markschies, and David Brakke.

Michael Williams, Rethinking "Gnosticism" An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999).

Thanks to Carnegie Band for use of their song "Come Home."

26. Walter Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity

26. Walter Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity


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Are heresies always and everywhere secondary and subsidiary? How did the mainstream church of the fourth century achieve dominance? A discussion of Walter Bauer's Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity.


Walter Bauer, Rechtgläubigkeit und Ketzerei im ältesten Christentum (Tubingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 1934).

Thanks to Carnegie Band for use of their song "Come Home."

22. Adolf von Harnack, Marcion: The Gospel of the Alien God

 22. Adolf von Harnack, Marcion: The Gospel of the Alien God


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Who was Marcion? How was the New Testament created? A critical discussion of Harnack's little book on Marcion.

Adolf von Harnack, Das Evangelium von Fremden Gott (Leipzig: JC Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung 1924).

Thanks to Carnegie Band for use of their song "Come Home."