A continuing series reflecting on the book: “The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed”, By Bart D. Ehrman (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006, pgs.198) Chapter 11: The Gospel of Judas in Perspective In the final chapter, Prof. Ehrman tries to assess the overall importance of the Gospel of […]
A continuing series reflecting on the book: “The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed”, By Bart D. Ehrman (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006, pgs.198) Chapter 9 & 10: Chapter 9: Who Was Judas Iscariot? Judas -The Historical Sources In chapter 9, professor Ehrman launches a ‘quest for the […]
A continuing series reflecting on the book: “The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed”, By Bart D. Ehrman (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006, pgs.198) Looking at: Chapter 7: The Gospel of Judas and Early Christian Gnosticism (Context) and Chapter 8: Jesus, Judas, and the Twelve in the Gospel of Judas (The Main […]
In the last article I presented an overview of the Gospel of Judas, based upon chapter six of Ehrman’s book: The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot. I realize now that I should have included some kind of response and compared the contents to orthodox Christianity. The following is adapted from an article I published in April 2006 when the […]
A continuing series reflecting on the book: “The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed”, By Bart D. Ehrman (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006, pgs.198) Chapter Six: The Gospel of Judas: An Overview In chapter six, Dr. Ehrman explores in detail all of the conversations between Jesus and the disciples, particularly the talks with […]
By Bart D. Ehrman (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006, pgs.198) Chapter Four: Before The Discovery This chapter explores what was previously known about the Gospel of Judas and the community that supported its writing and publication. The Gnostics were the group or community that the gospel probably originated in. Nearly all that was known about this group for years […]
By Bart D. Ehrman (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006, pgs. 198) Chapter Three: Judas in Later Gospel Traditions In surveying all the early traditions about Judas, it is the contention of Dr. Ehrman that oral traditions about Judas circulated for a number of years and resulted in some very different and conflicting presentations about […]
By Bart D. Ehrman (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006, pgs. 198) This is probably destined to be the definitive book on the subject. Written by the very able scholar from Chapel Hill. One may disagree with his conclusions, but Dr. Ehrman is never to be ignored. I plan to review his book in a ‘serial’ […]
Edited by: Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst, with Bart D. Ehrman (National Geographic: Washington DC, 2006, 185 pgs) The book contains an introduction to the ‘Gospel’, with a translation and commentary. First, a chapter on the incredible story of the discovery of the Codex and intrigue which kept the text from public view for 28 years. […]
The defining test for ‘Judas’ is the content evaluation test. The following questions must be applied to the document in order to authenticate it and to identify its place in history: 1. What does the ‘Gospel of Judas’ actually teach? The ‘Gospel’ teaches that there are many gods-“among all those called God.” Jesus in this […]
