Gospel of Judas
by Anonymous
Assigned by 1 of the 9 reading lists, catalogue entry only
- Written
- c. 150 CE, surviving in a Coptic copy of c. 300
- Era
- Roman Empire
- Form
- Scripture
- Language
- Greek
- Length
- Short · 30 ppunder 120 pages
- Difficulty
- Demanding3 of 5 for a first-year reader
We recommendThe Gospel of Judas, translated by Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer and Gregor WurstNational Geographic, 2008The second edition of the first publication, with the Coptic text restored and essays on the discovery.
These links go straight to Amazon and Bookshop.org and earn this site nothing today. Prices are the same either way. How this works.
A Gnostic text, condemned by Irenaeus around 180 and lost until a damaged Coptic codex surfaced in the 1970s and was published in 2006. It records conversations between Jesus and his disciples in the days before the Passover, in which Jesus laughs at their worship, reveals to Judas alone the origin of the cosmos from the great invisible Spirit and its rule by lesser powers, and tells him that he will exceed the others by sacrificing the man who clothes him. Judas hands Jesus over and the text ends without a crucifixion.
No reading guide yet
The catalogue entry above is complete: the dates, the form, the themes and every program that assigns Gospel of Judas are verified against each program's published list.
What is missing is the part that takes real work: the summary, the key passages, and a recommended translation. The edition named below is the one most programs assign, so the buy links are useful already.