The Evil Creator? Gnosticism, the God of the Old Testament, and Early Christianity - Ep. 201

Gnostic and Early Christian scholar Dr. M. David Litwa talks to Jake Shields about Early Christianity, Gnosticism, and the Christian Gospels discovered in 1945 that you've never heard of. Dr. Litwa explains how the Gnostics viewed this world very differently than religions do today, and how this view might answer questions other theologies can't.

You can find Dr. Litwa's books on his website "The Gnostic Archive":
https://mdavidlitwa.com

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00:00 Meet the Gnostic Scholar M. David Litwa
00:31 Bible as a Living Text
01:16 Gnostic Gospels and Canon
02:02 Why Books Were Excluded
03:45 Nag Hammadi Discovery
05:47 Creator vs True God
15:31 Jesus as Emissary
20:18 Divine Spark Not Sin
32:27 Canon Still Evolving
33:08 Must Read Gnostic Gospels
36:11 Jesus in the Nag Hammadi Texts
37:11 Hermetic Egyptian Wisdom
38:13 "God Beyond God"
40:16 Prison or Gymnasium?
44:03 Sacrifice and the Demiurge
49:40 Books Courses and Farewell


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