2007-2008 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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REL 335 - The Other Gospels: Lost Literature of Early Christianity Instructor
Snyder
The course treats the gospel literature that did not make it into the New Testament: the Gospel According to Thomas, Gnostic gospels such as the Gospel According to Phillip, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene and the Gospel of Judas, infancy gospels, and lost Jewish-Christian gospels. It also considers the development of the categories “heresy” and “orthodoxy,” as well as the process of canonization.
Provides major credit in religion and satisfies the distribution requirement in religion.
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