Gospel of Judas — Opposing translations and their significance
The National Geographic had a best seller on its hands when it published the Gospel of Judas that presented Judas as the hero of the Twelve rather than the villain as he is in the canonical gospels....
View ArticleMark’s attack on the eucharist?
I have been rethinking Mark’s Last Passover scene in the light of: the obligations guests have towards their host at a meal the two earlier feedings of the 5000 and the 4000 other themes found in...
View ArticleCritical edition of the Gospel of Judas / Tchacos Codex
Roger Pearse has noted the very quiet release of the critical edition of the gospel in contrast to the sensational publicity of the initial translation. Check his The Coptic Ps.Gospel of Judas...
View Article“We need a good Judas”
April DeConick’s blog has linked to a Macleans.ca article about The Thirteenth Apostle in which two motives underlying the National Geographic’s publication of the “good Judas” translation of the...
View ArticleRecent developments in the Gospel of Judas debate
Little doubt that the tenor of the April DeConick translation is winning open misere. The National Geographic and its translators have been paid their silver for betraying the real Judas. Suspect some...
View ArticleThe Twelve Disciples: their names, name-meanings, associations, etc
This post is nothing more than a bit of idle trivia per se. But maybe Kakadu Dreamtime wisdom somewhere says “Clever bower bird can find something among trivia to relocate so it has power to attract a...
View ArticleOther Fragments of the Gospel of Judas
The recent National Geographic translation of the Gospel of Judas was not based on all the fragments. Some of these had been apparently withheld, fraudulently. April DeConick has linked to preliminary...
View ArticleThe historical truth about Judas Iscariot
Maurice Casey has explained the motive of Judas Iscariot, his level of literacy, his religious interest, his worship customs before he met Jesus, and along the way has proved the historical factness of...
View ArticleJudas Did Not Exist
Some people might be disturbed at the suggestion that Jesus did not exist, but surely all good people would be happily hopeful were they to hear an argument that very symbol of anti-Semitism has been...
View Article17. Earl Doherty’s Response to Bart Ehrman’s Case Against Mythicism – Pt.17
* Jesus Tradition in the Acts of the Apostles . COVERED IN THIS POST: Ehrman accepts Acts as reliable history Acts as a second century product Judas treated as an historical figure More Aramaic...
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