Bock, Darrell L.

The missing Gospels : unearthing the truth behind alternative Christianities / Darrell L. Bock. - Nashville : Nelson Books, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 230 pages).

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-230).

Foreword / Do new discoveries mean Christianity needs a makeover? -- Making a scorecard : the periods and players of early Christianity -- Discussion of a key alternative view : about Gnosticism and its definition -- Dating the origin of Gnosticism -- Early Christianity's diversity and historical judgments -- The claims of Walter Bauer and the roots of the new school -- The nature of God and creation : part 1 -- The nature of God and creation : part 2 -- Jesus : divine and/or human? : part 1 -- Jesus : divine and/or human? : part 2 -- The nature of humanity's redemption : spiritual or also physical? : part 1 -- The nature of humanity's redemption : spiritual or also physical? : part 2 -- Jesus' death : knowledge, sin, and salvation : part 1 -- Jesus' death : knowledge, sin, and salvation : part 2 -- The new school, the missing gospels, alternative Christianities, and orthodoxy -- List of extant texts beyond the four Gospels -- List of key texts in the Apostolic Fathers. Edwin M. Yamauchi --

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Nag Hammadi codices--Theology.
Nag Hammadi codices.


Gnosticism.
Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Gnosticism.
Theology.
Theology, Doctrinal--Early church.


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History.

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