The Lost Sayings of Jesus. Beyond Gnosticism and Christianity, Jesus has been quoted extensively, from Church Fathers to Saints, from Sufis to Eastern Gurus, from the Koran to mysterious documents found in far off Asia. A whole, unknown genre of Jesus sayings exists in Judaism, Islam, Taoism and even Hinduism. We sift through the sayings to find which are authentic, fraudulent or just important in understanding early Gnosticism and Christianity. Special Guest--Andrew Philip Smith, author of 'The Gospel of Thomas: A New Version Based On the Inner Meaning', 'The Gospel of Philip: Annotated & Explained' and 'The Lost Sayings of Jesus: Annotated & Explained'. Topics Discussed: --How the 'Jesus Sayings' genre might be the earliest recordings of the personage of Jesus Christ. --How 'Q' and The Gospel of Thomas changed the way we study Christian writings, including evidence revealing that even Mark used a very early 'Jesus Sayings' to write his Gospel. --Beyond Canonical Bias (in other words, if it ain't in The Bible it ain't true), the criteria used by early Church Fathers and modern scholars to decide what words attributed to Jesus might be true or spurious. --How the Nag Hammadi Library's 'Dialogue With the Savior' has been overlooked as one of the more fertile sources for 'Jesus Sayings'. --What other Gnostic Gospels, beyond the obvious Gospels of Thomas and Philip, contain some of the most relevant words of the Gnostic Revealer. --Does the Talmud really speak negatively about Jesus or is it a prior tradition dealing with a certain Jesus Ben Stada and Jesus Ben Pandera? --How Mohammed drew from an existing Christian oral tradition and not imagination when quoting Jesus in the Koran. --How Jesus is presented in both the vast Sufi and Taoist sayings (otherwise known as the 'Jesus Sutras'). --A close inspection at probable forgeries like 'The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus', 'The Essene Gospel of Peace', 'The Sayings of Ye-Su' and other 'findings' that have, at one point or another, been considered authentic. --We revisit the 'Jesus in India' theory that just won't go away. --The Secret Gospel of Mark: Forgery or real? Is Morton Smith laughing at us from beyond the grave?