The Gospel of Judas: rewriting early christianity
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...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford New York
Oxford University Press
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Reviews: | The Gospel of Judas. Rewriting early Christianity. By Simon Gathercole. Pp. vii+199 incl. 4 figs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. £16.99. 978 0 19 922584 2 (2008) (Edwards, Mark, 1962 -)
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-193) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 019152753X |