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Podcast 3.6: Sources for the Study of Diversity - Gnostic, Apocryphal, Patristic

by: Philip A. Harland

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada

Topics: early Christianity, apocrypha, nag hammadi, gnosticism, gnostic, church fathers, patristic, new testament, christian origins, bible, ancient history

Here I sketch out our main sources for the study of diverse Christian groups or "heresies" in the second and third centuries, including discussion of the early Christian Apocrypha, the Nag Hammadi writings, and the Church Fathers, or patristic writings. This is part of series 3 ("Diversity in Early Christianity: 'Heresies' and Struggles") of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast.