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How Has Christianity Changed
over 2,000 Years?
In the first centuries after Christ, there was no “official” New Testament.
Instead, early Christians read and fervently followed a wide variety of
scriptures—many more than we have today.
Relying on these writings, Christians held beliefs that today would be
considered bizarre. Some believed that there were 2, 12, or as many as
30 gods. Some thought that a malicious deity, rather than the true God,
created the world. Some maintained that Christ’s death and resurrection
had nothing to do with salvation while others insisted that Christ never
really died at all.
What did these “other” scriptures say? Do they exist today? How could
such outlandish ideas ever be considered Christian? If such beliefs were
once common, why do they no longer exist? These are just a few of
the many provocative questions that arise from Lost Christianities:
Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication, an
insightful 24-lecture course taught by Professor Bart D. Ehrman, the
Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author and editor of 17 books,
including The New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus.
O;er expires 11/09/11
Lost Christianities:
Christian Scriptures
and the Battles over
Authentication
Taught by Professor Bart D. Ehrman
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1. The Diversity of Early Christianity
2. Christians Who Would Be Jews
3. Christians Who Refuse To Be Jews
4. Early Gnostic Christianity—Our Sources
5. Early Christian Gnosticism—An Overview
6. The Gnostic Gospel of Truth
7. Gnostics Explain Themselves
8. The Coptic Gospel of Thomas
9. 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
24. Early Christian Creeds
Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures
and the Battles over Authentication
Course no. 6593 | 24 lectures ( 30 minutes/lecture)
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