Bible Study (video): Exodus 33 - the Lord and Moses
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The only real issue with this is that gnosticism is just the lump term used for "non nicene and non Arian christianity" that existed at that time. They all had very different beliefs, the only one uniting then being the belief that yahweh was effectively a fallen angel of sorts and was an adversary of "the one".
The hatred for Yahweh cuts both ways though. Ones who realized that the jews did indeed hate Tahweh too, would have invariably found allies with them. The ones who didn't know that the jews forsook their own God would have hated them just as much as any nicene Christian.
What I believe might be even more heretical about gnosticism though, is the belief in the inherent necessity of esoteric knowledge. Of course, many nicene sects are brimming with esotericism, particularly orthodoxy. However, for us this is the domain of monks and fathers and great spiritual teachers in general. It's not a requirement for salvation. In gnosticism, great esoteric knowledge is an inherent part of salvation. Which makes it theologically virtually the same as all the pagan religions that they converted from, especially ancient egyptian religion with which it shares many similarities.