The long-lost Gospel According to Judas is found and authenticity is verified

[pegkerr]

"Today the Gospel of Judas got its first public outing at a news conference, and it is on display at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. It will eventually return to Egypt to be housed in Cairo's Coptic Museum. It is also available online, in Coptic and English, and is the cover story of the new National Geographic magazine.

But while the document is a real one, is what it claims also true? Did the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John get it wrong? Did Jesus ask Judas to betray him?"

Read the entire story here.

Fascinating.

Comments

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

I rather liked the Jesus Christ Superstar interpretation - Jesus doesn't exactly ask him to do the deed, but Judas is clearly doing what he has to do to make the prophecy come true rather than doing it for the money.

The idea that Judas had done something evil never made any sense to me. Wasn't this the whole idea all along? Are we supposed to believe that Jesus was SURPRISED to be arrested and executed? If he was, how does that fit with the whole concept of "willing sacrifice?"

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

Or The Last Temptation of Christ's version:

"Judas, I'm giving you the hard part, because I couldn't pull it off."

[splagxna.livejournal.com]

oh, such icon love.

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

It's all one disciple's word against others' - I guess we'll never know the true story unless we come up with some way to peek back in time.