The Gospel of Judas

This book provides a critical edition of a major non-canonical Gospel: the Gospel of Judas. It is based upon the manuscript published in 2007 by the National Geographic Society as well as the fragments of the same codex Tchacos that have since become available for study. The introduction by Bas van...

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Contributors: Brankaer, Johanna 1977- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: The Gospel of Judas] (2021) (Gurtner, Daniel M., 1973 -)
[Rezension von: The Gospel of Judas] (2021) (Moldovan, Petru)
[Rezension von: The Gospel of Judas] (2020) (Bishop, Paul)
Series/Journal:Oxford early Christian Gospel texts
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gospel of Judas
IxTheo Classification:KAA Church history
Further subjects:B Commentary
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Summary:This book provides a critical edition of a major non-canonical Gospel: the Gospel of Judas. It is based upon the manuscript published in 2007 by the National Geographic Society as well as the fragments of the same codex Tchacos that have since become available for study. The introduction by Bas van Os explores various aspects of this writing: its inclusion in the Codex Tchacos, the literary genre and the structure of the text, the "Gospel" narrative that frames the text, the polemical story, the relation between mythological representations from this text and those from "Sethian" traditions and Genesis material, the intended audience of the text, and its provenance. Johanna Brankaer provides a comprehensive commentary covering the whole of the text. It contains philological as well as substantive elements and unveils the intra-textual coherence as well as the affinities with other, Gnostic, apocryphal, patristic, and biblical traditions. Special attention is paid to the characterization of the disciples and Judas, to the much debated sacrificial theory behind the text and its rejection of the Eucharist (and Baptism) of the apostolic church, to expressions of (astral and eschatological) determinism, and to the Gnostic protology and cosmology
ISBN:0199672628