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The Gospel of Judas: Rewriting Early Christianity (2007) is a book by Simon J. Gathercole.

Abstract

""Judas" is synonymous with "traitor." But a newly discovered ancient text of the Gospel of Judas offers a picture of Judas Iscariot radically different from the Church's traditional understanding of him, and maintains that far from being the infamous betrayer, Judas was actually Jesus's trusted friend and the recipient of secret revelation. Simon Gathercole's new book includes a translation of the ancient Egyptian text of the Gospel of Judas and a running commentary, and offers new translations of all the ancient evidence about Judas Iscariot and the Gospel attributed to him. It gets behind the hype which the Gospel of Judas has attracted, and looks at why the group which produced the work were in such bitter conflict with the mainstream Christian church, and shows how the document provides us with a window into the turbulent world of Christianity and Gnosticism in the century after Jesus."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Oxford and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Table of contents

Out of Egypt -- Judas in the New Testament -- The next 100 years -- Translation and interpretation -- The Cainites -- Rewriting history -- Brave new world -- Epilogue: The future of the Gospel of Judas

External links

• [ Google Books]