Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read. Jose montserrat torrents has 12 books on goodreads with 80 ratings. King is a professor of ecclesiastic history at the harvard divinity school. History of the religions, christendom, christology, judas iscariot, gnosticism. Several books and gospels were not included by the council of nicea in ancient rome so it is possible that judas did have a gospel that simply was not included. Because of national geographics commitment to discovery and conservation of artifacts that support the study of ancient culture and enhance historical knowledge, the society felt compelled to. First is an introduction with the history of the codex the gospel of judas was found it how it was discovered, bought, sold, and damaged until it came into the hands of scholars who preserved and translated it. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Gospel of judas pages endured long, strange journey. The national geographic society has worked with a team of international experts to analyze a collection of ancient papyrus documents, which include the gospel of judas, first discovered more than 30 years ago in egypt. The name of thomas was also attached to the book of thomas the. Judas iscariot has been demonized as the quintessential traitor, the disciple who betrayed his. Meyer offers evidence of traitors before judasthe genesis story of josephs brothers who sold him. Una fabula perniciosa padre jordi rivero, 07102009.
Nonsanctioned texts, such as the gospel of judas, fell from favor. The gospel of thomas is a noncanonical sayings gospel. The centerpiece of the book is the gospel of judas, followed by excerpts from three other gnostic textsthe dialogue of the savior, the concept of our great power, and the round dance of the crosswhich may shed new light on the figure of judas. Judas said to him, i know who you are and where you have come from. Before the discovery of gnostic texts such as the nag hammadi library. Second is a translation of the gospel of judas itself. She said that the gospel of judas contains no new historical information.
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