Gospel of Judas

I'm not sure why National Geographic is getting involved in this. Is this really novel?
http://www.theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060406/NEWS/60406077
Maybe it's marginal for our list too.

Randy

 National Geographic reassembles 1,700-year-old 'Gospel of Judas'

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- For 2,000 years Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story.

The "Gospel of Judas" tells a far different tale from the four gospels in the New Testament. It portrays Judas as a favored disciple who was given special knowledge by Jesus -- and who turned him in at Jesus' request.

"You will be cursed by the other generations -- and you will come to rule over them," Jesus tells Judas in the document made public today.

The text, one of several ancient documents found in the Egyptian desert in 1970, was preserved and translated by a team of scholars. It was made public in an English translation by the National Geographic Society.

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Received on Thu Apr 6 21:57:47 2006