The Gospel of Judas..?
That sounds like FFL in a few centuries (as historians investigate
the Great Transition): garulous, delirious, blasphemous, nauseating,
infuriating, hilarious, enlightening - a must-read.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, ranigdv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ABOUT 2000 years after the Gospel according to Judas sowed discord
> among early Christians, a Swiss foundation says it is translating
> for the first time the controversial text named after the apostle
> said to have betrayed Jesus Christ.
>
> The 62-page papyrus manuscript of the text was uncovered in Egypt
> during the 1950s or 1960s, but its owners did not fully comprehend
> its significance until recently, according to the Maecenas
> Foundation in Basel.
>
> The manuscript written in the ancient dialect of Egypt's Coptic
> Christian community will be translated into English, French and
> German in about a year, the foundation specialising in antique
> culture said today.
>
> "We have just received the results of carbon dating: the text is
> older than we thought and dates back to a period between the
> beginning of the third and fourth centuries," foundation director
> Mario Jean Roberty said.
>
> The existence of a Gospel of Judas, which was originally written in
> Greek, was outlined by a bishop, Saint Irenee, when he denounced the
> text as heretical during the second century.
>
> "It's the only clear source that allows us to know that such a
> Gospel did exist," Mr Roberty explained.
>
> The foundation declined to say what account Judas is said to give in
> his alleged gospel.
>
> According to Christian tradition, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus
> Christ for 30 pieces of silver by helping the Romans to find him
> before he was crucified.
>
> "We do not want to reveal the exceptional side of what we have," Mr
> Roberty said.
>
> The author of the text is unknown.
>
> "No-one can clearly state that Judas wrote it himself," Mr Roberty
> said, while pointing out that the other gospels were probably not
> written by their supposed authors either.
>
> The four recognised gospels of the New Testament describe the life,
> death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ and are said to record his
> teachings from the eyes of four of his disciples, Matthew, Mark,
> Luke and John.
>
> The Roman Catholic Church limited the recognised gospels to the four
> in 325 AD, under the guidance of the first Christian Roman emperor,
> Constantine.
>
> Thirty other texts - some of which have been uncovered - were
> sidelined because "they were difficult to reconcile with what
> Constantine wanted as a political doctrine", according to Mr Roberty.
>
> The foundation's director said the Judas Iscariot text called into
> question some of the political principles of Christian doctrine.
>
> The Maecenas Foundation, which aims to protect archaeological relics
> found in poor countries, hopes to organise exhibitions around the
> manuscript and to produce a documentary on the process of
> unravelling the text.
>
> The full launch is due in Easter 2006.
>
> AFP
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