Gospel of Judas, The, Second Edition (Edition 2) (Paperback)

from HadriantheBlind

The Gospel of Judas, by its very name, sounds dangerous and heretical. What could the arch-traitor of history teach us?Well, there isn't too much. To be fair, the text was in horrible condition when it was finally in the hands of researchers, and it took an astonishing effort to put the thing bac...

from davidpwithun

While I'm a bit disappointed with myself for having taken so long to finally get around to reading this, I am equally disappointed with the essays offered as commentary in this book. Reading the actual text of the "Gospel of Judas" in full was a very interesting experience. It is certainly filled...

from FPdC

This book contains the first full english translation of the Judas' Gospel, a 3rd or 4th century coptic manuscript discovered in Egypt in the late 1970s. The text of the manuscript sits squarely in the gnostic tradition of the early Christians and, as happens in much of those texts, presents stor...

from JBD1

A translation of the "Gospel of Judas" manuscript, with notable contextual essays by Kasser, Ehrman, Wurst, and Meyer. Like the companion volume this one seemed a bit rushed into print, but Kasser's essay in particular provides a succinct account of the manuscript's handling and mishandling over ...

from Devil_llama

A collection of papers, including the translated gospel known as the Gospel of Judas. Following the translation, biblical scholars discuss what we learned from the gospel, and how it fits into the group of religious practices lumped together under the term 'gnostic'. These writers posit that The ...