The Gospel of Judas, Second Edition

Rodolphe Kasser, Gregor Wurst

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National Geographic (Adult)
03 November 2008

Religion & beliefs; Bible readings, selections & meditations

One of the most significant finds in Biblical history, the Gospel of Judas offers a new window into the diverse teachings of the early Christian Church.

For 1,600 years its message lay hidden. When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, they were astounded. Here was a gospel that had not been seen since the early days of Christianity, and which few experts had even thought existed-a gospel told from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, history's ultimate traitor. And far from being a villain, the Judas that emerges in its pages is a hero.

In this radical reinterpretation, Jesus asks Judas to betray him. In contrast to the New Testament Gospels, Judas Iscariot is presented as a role model for all those who wish to be disciples of Jesus and is the one apostle who truly understands Jesus.

Discovered by farmers in the 1970s in Middle Egypt, the codex containing the gospel was bought and sold by antiquities traders, secreted away, and carried across three continents, all the while suffering damage that reduced much of it to fragments. In 2001, it finally found its way into the hands of a team of experts who would painstakingly reassemble and restore it. The Gospel of Judas has been translated from its original Coptic to clear prose, and is accompanied by commentary that explains its fascinating history in the context of the early Church, offering a whole new way of understanding the message of Jesus Christ.

By: Rodolphe Kasser, Gregor Wurst
Imprint: National Geographic (Adult)
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 278g
ISBN: 9781426200489
ISBN 10: 142620048X
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 03 November 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rudolphe Kasser is one of the world's leading Coptologists. He is professor on the Faculty of the Arts at the University of Geneva. He has organised the restoration and prepared the editio princeps of the codex containing the Gospel of Judas. Gregor Wurst is a professor of ecclesiastical history and patristics at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of University of Augsburg, Germany. He is widely published in the field of Coptic studies. He is one of the two editors of the original Coptic of the Gospel of Judas and one of the translators of the text. Marvin Meyer is Griset Professor of Bible and Christian Studies and director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Chapman University, Orange, California. He is one of the foremost scholars on Gnosticism, the Nag Hammadi library, and texts about Jesus outside the New Testament. He is one of the translators of the codex and the author of The Gnostic Gospels and The Unknown Sayings of Jesus.

Reviews for The Gospel of Judas, Second Edition

In one sense, this document is huge news...it provides a touchstone for what certain people believed 150 or 200 years after Christ's death. --<i>Knight/Ridder Tribune News Service</i>