This is fascinating....
Thursday, April 6th, 2006 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanni'Gospel of Judas' Surfaces After 1,700 Years
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD and LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: April 6, 2006
An early Christian manuscript, including the only known text of what is known as the Gospel of Judas, has surfaced after 1,700 years. The text gives new insights into the relationship of Jesus and the disciple who betrayed him, scholars reported today. In this version, Jesus asked Judas, as a close friend, to sell him out to the aut[horities.]
Read the rest of the New York Times article
...and then...
Pop over to the National Geographic site for a look at images of the original pages, plus the Coptic transcription and an English translation.
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD and LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: April 6, 2006
An early Christian manuscript, including the only known text of what is known as the Gospel of Judas, has surfaced after 1,700 years. The text gives new insights into the relationship of Jesus and the disciple who betrayed him, scholars reported today. In this version, Jesus asked Judas, as a close friend, to sell him out to the aut[horities.]
Read the rest of the New York Times article
...and then...
Pop over to the National Geographic site for a look at images of the original pages, plus the Coptic transcription and an English translation.
