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

[psychic-serpent.livejournal.com]

I think that the why of the four canonical gospels wasn't addressed because academics who deal in this area know that like the back of their hands and forget that others don't have the background in the field that they do; it's probably, to them, like expecting an interviewed chemist to rehash the development of the periodic table of elements in every interview.

They did allude to it, though; the early Christian fathers kept the material that served their agenda, basically, and suppressed writings that did not. Clearly this information didn't fit into their theology.

[splagxna.livejournal.com]

the academics do, absolutely. but that was an article directed at laypeople; i would say it's the journalists' responsibility to include that information.

as for the why: yes, that's definitely part of it. a lot more complicated than that, though!