2006-09-20 23:43:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It actually makes a lot more sense than the version in the bible.
Unless of course you think that Jesus being God was unaware of what was happening.
That would be the only way that someone could have betrayed him.
Jesus came here knowing full well what was going to happen, there were no surprises in store for him. I'm sure that he would have picked his most trusted disciple to help him orchestrate his plan.
Any one who can't see this is to caught up in biblical nonsense to think a bit.
Love and blessings
don
2006-09-20 23:51:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
First, we need to know some basic facts about this ancient Egyptian text, which was discovered in 1978 in a cave in Egypt. Since 1978, this manuscript has been circulating in various antiquities markets, but is now being released by National Geographic. The “Gospel of Judas” is a Coptic (language of ancient Egypt) translation made in the third or fourth century of an earlier (likely Greek) text dating sometime in the late second century (perhaps about 180 A.D.). Scholars are agreed that the original text was not written by Judas, but, as was common in ancient times, the name of Judas was attached to this anonymous writing (writings falsely attributed to a famous person are commonly called pseudepigraphic). This “Gospel of Judas” claims to speak about the final days of Jesus' life from the perspective of Judas, whose version differs from what we know from the New Testament Gospels.
The existence of the Gospel of Judas has been known for centuries, and thus is no “new” discovery (only the discovery of the Coptic manuscript is “new”). In writing against ancient heresies, the church father Irenaeus (130-200 A. D.) said that the Gospel of Judas originated in a Gnostic sect called the Cainites. He wrote: “They produce a fictitious history of this kind, which they label the Gospel of Judas.” Ancient gnostics, whose teachings were rejected by early Christians as heretical, generally taught that material creation is evil, entrapping what belongs to the divine or spiritual realm. Souls (spirit) are imprisoned in human bodies and are released (thus “saved”) and ascend to the spiritual realm through knowledge (gnosis).
The New Testament Gospels and Epistles, written in the second half of the first century, were soon circulated and authenticated themselves upon the church (not merely by popular vote in a political process, as is sometimes alleged today). Gradually they achieved canonical status and became the norm for orthodox Christianity. A significant number of apocryphal (non-canonical) works appeared from the second to sixth centuries. The Gospel of Judas is one among many of these non-authoritative books. Irenaeus' rejection of it illustrates the early Christian judgment that such writings were not to be regarded as the inspired Word of God.
On the basis of ancient non-canonical books—some expressly rejected as heretical by the early church—some modern writers have tried to cast doubts on biblical authority and Christian teachings. Best-selling books have achieved popularity by questioning Christian origins.
2006-09-21 07:12:35 · answer #2 · answered by williamzo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
would be nice if it was however am cynical as there are always Religious scholars who are being cheated and duped by antique dealers for the almighty dollar. these dealers are out to get money by whatever means and couldn't care less about whom they hurt in the process. certainly would vindicate Judas if authentic but there is so much evidence against him doubt if the Gospel of Judas is authentic for these reasons.
2006-09-21 06:53:32 · answer #3 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I assume you`re reading the Nicene Gospels,if so its where the New Testament Gospels came from
2006-09-21 06:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by Bushit 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's just as authentic as the other gospels; by which I mean there's no proof that any events mentioned in them ever actually happened.
2006-09-21 06:47:01 · answer #5 · answered by Big_Drew 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls. There are many books of the Bible that were discard by the Catholic clergy at a symposium in the 1400's because they didn't like what was written. It didn't follow the teachings they wanted to spread.
2006-09-21 07:05:12 · answer #6 · answered by S G 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The word 'authentic' in the sense of depicting historical reality is not applicable to any of the gospels.
2006-09-21 06:48:02 · answer #7 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Judas was a traitor
He coulnd't have written a gospel
2006-09-21 06:44:35 · answer #8 · answered by Honest Guy 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes it is an authentic heretical false gospel written by a confused arab
2006-09-21 06:54:37 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ Coacoa Mama ♥ 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. It was written in the first century, but the info in it is a lie.
2006-09-21 06:54:58 · answer #10 · answered by Preacher 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋