| Gospel of Judas, The, Second Edition Contributor(s): Kasser, Rodolphe (Author) |
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ISBN: 142620048X ISBN-13: 9781426200489 Publisher: National Geographic Society OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: "The Gospel of Judas" has been translated from its original Coptic into clearprose, and is accompanied by commentary that explains its fascinating historyin the context of the early Church, offering a whole new way of understandingthe message of Jesus. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology - Religion | Gnosticism |
| Dewey: 229.8 |
| LCCN: 2009293541 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.54" W x 8.22" (0.59 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |