On the Gospel According to Judas

[hummingwolf]

First, from National Geographic (via the natlgeographic feed):
"Lost Gospel Revealed; Says Jesus Asked Judas to Betray Him"

and

"After 1,700 years, the Gospel of Judas is lost no more. And the twisting tale of the document itself is nearly as surprising as the story it tells."

These links via mister_wolf:
"We’ve reached a point with DaVinci madness where nothing is too comic for the mainstream media to report with a straight face. Ideas about New Testament studies that wouldn’t appear on a freshman pop quiz are now tossed about the main stream media as if they are established facts."

and

"In many ways, I've always thought the early gospels resemble Jesus fanfic."

[Edit: and then from the LJ of mister_wolf (no relation), I traveled on to prester_scott, who linked to:
some background about the Cainites, one of the Gnostic sects who may have made heavy use of the Gospel of Judas

and

rather a lot of information about the manuscript here.]

And via supergee: sturgeonslawyer's take on Gnosticism & early Christianity.

Comments

[magnifelyn.livejournal.com]

i saw the commercials for the Nat'l Geographic special on tv, and i set the TiVo to record it... i am totally fascinated by this... i will be clicking your links! Thanks for this post.

i really, really wonder about the Bible and what Jesus was really like, and how much stuff is accurate, and what to think about all of it. i'm surprised so many Christians can comfortably hold very fixed beliefs about Him and His life, as there's so much mystery contained within the Bible.

i wish i could just sit down with an apostle and, once and for all, get the first-hand scoop!

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't you rather sit down with the J-man himself?

I bet he was a hippie. A dirty, pot-smoking hippie.

Okay, maybe ancient Judea didn't have hippies, but the equivalent.

[magnifelyn.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, i'd much prefer to have lunch with Jesus, for sure. But i guess i was figuring i could settle for an apostle if Jesus was too busy, or something. ;-)

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Was the special on last night? Did you see it? I didn't watch (assuming it was on (which I think it was)), so I was wondering if it was as interesting as it should have been.

[coffeegrace.livejournal.com]

i really, really wonder about the Bible and what Jesus was really like, and how much stuff is accurate, and what to think about all of it.

Me too! But I need to actually sit down and read the bible from start to finish sometime. I just go with what I feel in my heart, and try to be content with not understanding everything.