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Gospel of Judas Found ... NYTimes article

Apr 06, 2006 12:33

April 6, 2006
'Gospel of Judas' Surfaces After 1,700 Years
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD and LAURIE GOODSTEIN

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lurker April 6 2006, 22:09:30 UTC

I wonder if it's really the gnostic gospel? If so, it'd be interesting to read it so as to better understand why Irenaeus denounced it.

xseanxdamnitx April 7 2006, 02:05:24 UTC

I hope it starts to get printed. I'd love a copy of it.

zcatcurious April 7 2006, 06:22:24 UTC

That should be a Gnostic gospel. There are plenty of others.

zcatcurious April 7 2006, 06:40:55 UTC

Irenaeus' comment

sashajwolf April 7 2006, 09:21:20 UTC

The reference to "the man that clothes me", meaning Jesus' body, positively screams "Gnostic!" As Elaine Pagels says, the real value of this text is in illustrating the huge variety of Christian groups that existed by the 2nd and 3rd centuries, more than any possibility that it might contain genuine sayings of Christ, which I think is probably quite remote.

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