Gnosticism [& Christianity]: From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas, Audible Audiobook
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 2:04 am
An Amazon/Audible Audiobook by David Brakke - Gnosticism: From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas - is excellent.
It comes with a pdf that contains the skeleton of what he says, but he fleshes things out quite a bit more with in his narration.
He provides a very clear commentary around Gnōsis and Christianity via Irenaeus and their relative contexts.
Here is the series via the Table of Contents in the pdf (the numbers are page numbers) -
Lecture 1 - Rediscovering Gnōsis.........................................................3
Lecture 2 - Who Were the Gnostics? ...................................................10
Lecture 3 - God in Gnostic Myth ........................................................17
Lecture 4 - Gnosticism on Creation, Sin, and Salvation ............................25
Lecture 5 - Judas as a Gnostic Tragic Hero ...........................................32
Lecture 6 - Gnostic Bible Stories .......................................................39
Lecture 7 - Gnosticism’s Ritual Pathway to God .....................................46
Lecture 8 - The Feminine in Gnostic Myth ............................................54
Lecture 9 - The Gospel of Thomas’s Cryptic Sayings ................................61
Lecture 10 - The Gospel of Thomas on Reunifying the Self ........................69
Lecture 11 - Valentinus, Great Preacher of Gnōsis ..................................76
Lecture 12 - God and Creation in Valentinian Myth .................................83
Lecture 13 - “Becoming Male” through Valentinian Ritual .........................91
Lecture 14 - Valentinian Views on Christian Theology...............................99
Lecture 15 - Mary Magdalene as an Apostle of Gnōsis .............................106
Lecture 16 - Competing Revelations from Christ ...................................113
Lecture 17 - The Invention of Heresy ................................................120
Lecture 18 - Making Gnōsis Orthodox ................................................128
Lecture 19 - Gnosticism and Judaism ................................................134
Lecture 20 - Gnōsis without Christ....................................................142
Lecture 21 - The Mythology of Manichaeism ........................................150
]ecture 22 - Augustine on Manichaeism and Original Sin ..........................158
Lecture 23 - Gnostic Traces in Western Religions ...................................165
Lecture 24 - “Gnosticism” in the Modern Imagination .............................172
Bibliography ...............................................................................179
It comes with a pdf that contains the skeleton of what he says, but he fleshes things out quite a bit more with in his narration.
He provides a very clear commentary around Gnōsis and Christianity via Irenaeus and their relative contexts.
Here is the series via the Table of Contents in the pdf (the numbers are page numbers) -
Lecture 1 - Rediscovering Gnōsis.........................................................3
Lecture 2 - Who Were the Gnostics? ...................................................10
Lecture 3 - God in Gnostic Myth ........................................................17
Lecture 4 - Gnosticism on Creation, Sin, and Salvation ............................25
Lecture 5 - Judas as a Gnostic Tragic Hero ...........................................32
Lecture 6 - Gnostic Bible Stories .......................................................39
Lecture 7 - Gnosticism’s Ritual Pathway to God .....................................46
Lecture 8 - The Feminine in Gnostic Myth ............................................54
Lecture 9 - The Gospel of Thomas’s Cryptic Sayings ................................61
Lecture 10 - The Gospel of Thomas on Reunifying the Self ........................69
Lecture 11 - Valentinus, Great Preacher of Gnōsis ..................................76
Lecture 12 - God and Creation in Valentinian Myth .................................83
Lecture 13 - “Becoming Male” through Valentinian Ritual .........................91
Lecture 14 - Valentinian Views on Christian Theology...............................99
Lecture 15 - Mary Magdalene as an Apostle of Gnōsis .............................106
Lecture 16 - Competing Revelations from Christ ...................................113
Lecture 17 - The Invention of Heresy ................................................120
Lecture 18 - Making Gnōsis Orthodox ................................................128
Lecture 19 - Gnosticism and Judaism ................................................134
Lecture 20 - Gnōsis without Christ....................................................142
Lecture 21 - The Mythology of Manichaeism ........................................150
]ecture 22 - Augustine on Manichaeism and Original Sin ..........................158
Lecture 23 - Gnostic Traces in Western Religions ...................................165
Lecture 24 - “Gnosticism” in the Modern Imagination .............................172
Bibliography ...............................................................................179