March 05, 2006
Gospel of Judas? Expert is a Doubting Thomas
An expert on ancient Egyptian texts is predicting that the "Gospel of Judas" — a manuscript from early Christian times that's nearing release amid widespread interest from scholars — will be a dud in terms of learning anything new about Judas. James M. Robinson, America's leading expert on such ancient religious texts from Egypt, predicts in a new book that the text won't offer any insights into the disciple who betrayed Jesus. His reason: While it's old, it's not old enough.
The text, in Egypt's Coptic language, dates from the third or fourth century and is a copy of an earlier document. The National Geographic Society, along with other groups, has been studying the "Judas" text.
More here.
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Interesting. Even more interesting is the link at the bottom of the article to a MSNBC "Live Vote" on the question "How historically accurate is the bible?"
Note that the final choice is not "The Bible is a complete work of fiction, containing no truth at all" which the wording of the other choices would imply. I guess that would be rude.
Posted by: verbatim | Mar 5, 2006 8:34:57 PM
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