RE: Gospel of Judas

I would rank this "Gospel of Judas" at about the same level as the copy of
"the Book of Mormon" that I picked up in a hotel room a number of years ago
(with permission from the hotel management). Neither is an original version
and neither meshes with the message of the Bible.

Chuck Vandergraaf

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Randy Isaac
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 8:56 PM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: 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 Fri Apr 7 12:11:34 2006