This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very ...

Early writers regarded Gnosticism simply as an aberration of Christianity, but more recent scholars have viewed Gnosticism as a world-wide syncretistic movement that drew from many ancient religions.

Many modern scholars have come to agree that the gnōstikoi, or Christian heretics, were most active during the second and third centuries CE. However, “gnosis” and “Gnosticism” are ...

This week we shall consider “Gnosticism,” a movement which was similar in some ways to Christianity but in other ways very different. Readers should be aware the term Gnosticism refers to ...

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Orthodox Jews and Christians insist that a chasm separates humanity from Its creator: God is wholly other. But some of the gnostics who wrote these gospels contradict this: self-knowledge is ...

Gnosticism, too, was rarely a persecuting force and claimed few martyrs. Instead it was parasitic on the Christian Church, and continually sucked weak Christians into its maw. Of all the rivals ...

King is Professor of New Testament Studies and the History of Ancient Christianity at Harvard University in the Divinity School. She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism, ancient ...