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ABC is reporting that an authentic ancient text, apparently the Gospel according to Judas, has been found.
...the final test of authenticity meant taking a radical step -- destroying tiny pieces of the document to carbon date it.
"I will have to burn the Gospel of Judas in order to be able to date it," said Timothy Jull, a carbon-dating expert at the University of Arizona's physics center.
Fifteen hours later, he had a final answer. The text was real. The Gospel according to Judas, written between the third and fourth century, was believed to be a copy of a much older document written in Greek in the second century.
"Radio carbon dating of the papyrus from the Gospel of Judas confirms that it's from the third to the fourth century A.D.," Jull said, "and this supports the authenticity of the Gospel of Judas."
It appears that in the document Judas says Jesus asked Judas to betray him.
So what is in the Gospel of Judas? It is a dialogue that claims to be a conversation between Jesus and Judas in which Jesus asks Judas to betray him.
"Judas has the terrible task of taking it upon himself to turn him over to the authorities for this reason," Pagels said. "Now, the Gospel of Judas also has Judas say to Jesus in fear and terror that he has a dream that the other disciples will hate him and will stone him to death, will attack him.
"And Jesus says, 'Yes, in fact, they will think that you are a terrible person because of what you did. This is part of the burden that you bear. But they will be wrong about that.' So it is an extraordinary transformation of the ordinary understanding of Judas Iscariot."
Well, what else would you expect Judas to say in his account of what happened? Of course he's going to make up some story in which he's blameless and he's right and everybody else is wrong. According to Judas, who presents himself as being the best friend of Jesus, Jesus faked out all the other apostles and everybody on earth in a way that just happened to make Judas look like a villain.
Yeah, right.
If this is really the written word of Judas, by this scurrilous portrayal of Jesus, Judas has attempted to betray Jesus a second time.
But this discovery appears to be additional evidence that Jesus really lived and that the events described in the Gospels really took place.
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#2the gospel of judas is the true one not the gospels of matthew, mark, luke and and john they are just made up charecters.has it not acured to anyone that it would be hard enough to fine someone called matthew,mark,luke and john in juerusalam now let alone 2000 years ago my thery is that someone has been lieing for all these years
#3Quite right, brian j!
It's interesting to me that folks put so much stock into this as being authoritative even thought at it's best possible dating (that's assuming a Coptic translation of an earlier Greek) it's still decades younger than Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John AND was written outside of an assumable lifespan for the author, "Judas". Traditionally, John is the oldest (and last remaining) disciple when he wrote his Gospel in AD 90. Curious why he wouldn't mention what Judas has been up to, nor do any of the other epistles...
Oh, that's right! Multiple authors (Matthew and Luke in Acts, just off the top of my head) attest to Judas' death! Again, it's vexing how one could author a book so many years after one had died.
How the mysteries of the Universe are being unraveled...
#4I wonder if this could have been written by some short-lived cult of Judas.
#5It's up there with Hitler's Secret Diaries and The Qur'an.
Hitler's Secret Diaries was pure fabrication and The Qur'an has an interesting spin on the meaning of Jesus' death and resurrection.
The Gospel According to Judas is an exercise in ancient revisionist theology but historically suspect and heretical.
Did Judas have an agent or did the family want to clear his name?
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May I extend my very best wishes for a good Passover and/or Happy Easter - take your pick!
I find it amusing that those who willingly and forcefully deny the integrity of scripture after reading it many times are so willing to believe the “Gospel of Judas” sight unseen.
The search for the eternal spiritual loop-hole continues.