What is Gnosticism? 

Woohoo 🙌🎉 Really interested in this series!!!!!

Awesome explanation!!!!!!!

This was really informative, I'm excited for the next videos!

Enlightening thank you Dr. Bird

Thank you, that was a very helpful.

Dr. Bird, in one of your videos you cited a gnostic legendary recounting of the resurrection. Can you please identify which gnostic writing that came from?

Very helpful, thanks Dr. Bird, and I look forward to the next instalment! This question might be a bit granular, but I’ve been trying to witness to someone who seems resolute in their gnostic paradigm, and in particular is fixated on the following saying attributed to Jesus in The Gospel of Thomas: “Blessed is the lion which a man eats so that the lion becomes a man. But cursed is the man whom a lion eats so that the man becomes a lion.” I’ve tried to gently challenge this person on the authenticity of this saying, and how it detracts from the Gospel message (“save yourself” versus “trust and worship the only One with the power to save”). What else could I say to someone who seems committed to this paradigm?

Hello Dr. Bird, If I wanted to pursue further study of Gnosticism and its influence on Christianity what titles and works would you recommend? Thank you.

Can you comment on the various Gnostic views of the will and determinism within Gnostic groups such as the Manicheans?

I am listening to this with interest, but I wanted to leave this perhaps pedantic note: that use of primer is correctly pronounced like “primmer”. The way you pronounce it refers to the paint undercoating. Thank you.

Just curious because he's come under fire for this a bit recently and you seem to know him well and are friends. Do you think NT Wright uses the word "gnosticism" too loosely in describing positions he doesn't agree with or more Greek than his or that seem a bit anti-materialist or mind-body dualistic?

Michael Heiser was a modern day gnostic.