Topic: Nag Hammadi

In a 2015 interview, Gordon White explains the historical difficulty of understanding Gnosticism because most records were written by detractors like Irenaeus. He describes Gnosticism as a "broad church" of Mediterranean practices combining Hellenism, Judaism, and Egyptian magic. The discovery of the Nag Hammadi library in the mid-20th century is highlighted as the turning point that allowed for a direct understanding of "Gnosis" or personal knowledge of the divine.