The Gospel of Judas: rewriting early christianity
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Main Author: Gathercole, Simon J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index
Out of Egypt -- Judas in the New Testament -- The next 100 years -- Translation and interpretation -- The Cainites -- Rewriting history -- Brave new world -- Epilogue: The future of the Gospel of Judas
The newly-discovered ancient text of the Gospel of Judas offers a picture of Judas Iscariot radically different from the Church's traditional understanding of him as the arch-traitor. Simon Gathercole's book, which includes a translation and a running commentary, gets behind the hype which the Gospel of Judas has attracted. - ;J̀udas' is synonymous with t̀raitor'. But a newly-discovered ancient text of the Gospel of Judas offers a picture of Judas Iscariot radically different from the Church's traditional understanding of him, and maintains that far from being the infamous betrayer, Judas was
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (199 p.)
ISBN:019152753X
1435618068
9780191527531
9781435618060

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