The Infancy Gospel of Thomas tells the story of Jesus as a child. What happens in this story, and why was it rejected from ...

This book may well be the most comprehensive collection of Gnostic materials ever gathered in one volume. After a dry introduction to current debates about gnosticism (by Meyer) and a luminous, ...

The discovery of the Nag Hammadi collection brought ancient Gnostic writings to light. In 1945 an Arab peasant named Muhammed Ali and his brothers discovered a jar at the base of a cliff near the town ...

The movie and book are fiction. But anyone who took in The Da Vinci Code in theaters over the weekend might be wondering whether they had fallen asleep in Sunday School. From the big screen, viewers ...

Re “Judas Is No Traitor in Long-Lost Gospel,” April 7 It is fashionable to equate Gnostic writings with Christianity, but Gnostic writings negate the Judeo-Christian Scriptures. Gnosticism was an ...

What is a Gnostic? ELAINE PAGELS: Well, that's a very important question, because in the lead-up to our discussion, it was said that the early church regarded these as Gnostic writings. You see, the ...

The things Neo-Gnostic seekers find lacking in Christianity-experiential insight, mysticism, a direct link to God-are already there I can’t be the only Christian reading Beyond Belief, Elaine Pagels’ ...

Before the discovery of the Nag Hammadi documents in the 1940s, Gnosticism was considered to be a form of anti-Christian heresy taught by some early church fathers and condemned by others. Modern ...

This week your professor continues a very brief introduction into the early rivals of Christianity. We know of a great many religious cults which existed in ancient times, most of which have vanished ...