Here’s one New Testament scholar (Larry Hurtado, recently retired, Univ. of Edinburgh) who laughs at the idea. I’d agree with him (and I like reading western esotericism). If you think they’re intellectual elites, you’ve been watching too much...
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Dr. Seuss Does Gnosticism
Give this brilliant Dr. Seuss-ized version of the Gnostic creation myth a read (it’s also funny if you are familiar with Gnosticism). Mark Goodacre — if you read this, this guy deserves an A for something!
Jesus and Mary Magdalene: Husband and Wife in the Gnostic Gospels?
I came across this video of a presentation I gave some years ago on this topic. I really should keep track of this stuff. Had a full beard then. The point of the presentation is to show that Gnostic gospels (the “real Bible” to conspiracists and Dan Brown...
The Gospel of Thomas: Is it Really Earlier than the Canonical Gospels?
Many scholars think so, especially those trotted out by the Discovery Channel, PBS, etc. Â A lot of scholars disagree, and for good reasons, but that isn’t as media-sexy. Here’s a good article on recent re-consideration of the “earliness” of...
Someone Else Promoting John Lamb Lash Gnostic Alien Archon Myth
Ah, wait a PaleoBabble feast this one is — a missive from a gullible Dr. John Singh in what I’m guessing is a Canadain version of the Weekly World News. I wonder if Dr. Singh ever actually checked the Gnostic texts to see if John Lamb Lash’s ideas...
Gnostic Archons = Aliens? Part 3 (of 3) on John Lamb Lash’s Theory
Here’s the second video on Lash’s theory. As you may recall, in the first video (Part 2 of this series), I searched for terms Lash uses (embryonic, reptilian, fetal, etc.) to claim that the Gnostic texts from Nag Hammadi describe the “Greys”...
Gnostic Archons = Aliens? Part 2 on John Lamb Lash’s Theory
It’s been a while since I started the John Lamb Lash “Gnostic Archons = Aliens” thread. With so much PaleoBabble out there, you can get sidetracked. At any rate, in my first post on this topic, I quoted John Lamb Lash’s online article on this...
Gnostic Archons = Aliens?
Ah, our first foray into the weird, wonderful world of John Lamb Lash. For those of you unfamiliar with Lash, he is a modern Gnostic. No, I’m not going to pick on Gnosticism. I am going to pick on Lash’s Gnostic nonsense at a specific point. In his quest...
Tom Bartlett Responds to National Geographic’s Defense of its Gospel of Judas
Tom Bartlett, the reporter who wrote the article about the sloppiness of National Geographic’s Gospel of Judas project, was kind enough to email his response to NG’s “rebuttal” of his article. Here is his reply (NG’s rebuttal comments...
More on the National Geographic Gospel of Judas Controversy
Here are some items from April DeConick’s blog: National Geographic’s Response to Tom Bartlett’s Chronicle of Higher Education article on the Gospel of Judas Editor’s note: broken link. Was National Geographic’s Gospel of Judas Footnoted...
More Trouble for the Gospel of Judas National Geographic Hype
And deservedly so. The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interesting, lengthy article on why many scholars think National Geographic had an axe to grind. Ya think? Editor’s note: formatting.
Gospel of Judas Apology
Let’s file this under the “too little, too late” category. National Geographic has apologized for its television special on the Gospel of Judas. A new edition of the gospel with a “thoroughly updated translation” has now been put forth...