The B-Side Bible: Your backstage pass to what didn't make the sermon.
Mark Kerrigan
15 episodes
2 days ago
Send us a text Long before Christianity settled into creeds and councils, it was a field of competing ideas — and some of the most striking came from the movement we now call Gnosticism. In this episode, we trace the rise of the Gnostics: the teachers who shaped it, the world that produced it, and the ideas that set them apart. We explore their dualistic cosmos, their vision of a flawed material world, the role of the Demiurge, the pursuit of hidden knowledge — and why these ideas became such...
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Send us a text Long before Christianity settled into creeds and councils, it was a field of competing ideas — and some of the most striking came from the movement we now call Gnosticism. In this episode, we trace the rise of the Gnostics: the teachers who shaped it, the world that produced it, and the ideas that set them apart. We explore their dualistic cosmos, their vision of a flawed material world, the role of the Demiurge, the pursuit of hidden knowledge — and why these ideas became such...
The B-Side Bible: Your backstage pass to what didn't make the sermon.
23 minutes
2 years ago
1st Century Judea
Send us a text Today’s episode will begin by focusing on everyday life in Roman Occupied Judea. We are going to look at how people lived, the influence of Roman occupation on the populace and what led to Pontius Pilate making his fateful decision to execute Jesus of Nazareth. From there we will delve into sedition, rebellion and the tumultuous events that led to the catastrophic destruction of Jerusalem in 70CE. Support the show
The B-Side Bible: Your backstage pass to what didn't make the sermon.
Send us a text Long before Christianity settled into creeds and councils, it was a field of competing ideas — and some of the most striking came from the movement we now call Gnosticism. In this episode, we trace the rise of the Gnostics: the teachers who shaped it, the world that produced it, and the ideas that set them apart. We explore their dualistic cosmos, their vision of a flawed material world, the role of the Demiurge, the pursuit of hidden knowledge — and why these ideas became such...
