Friday, April 07, 2006
How about the new Book of Judas?
Something new in the world of theology: Judas might not have been such a bad guy after all. This from recently revealed manuscripts studied under the aegis of National Geographic.
"A 1,700-year-old papyrus manuscript recasts Judas, the man who, according to the Bible, betrayed Jesus Christ, as a loyal friend who was just following orders.
"According to the experts who have restored, translated and authenticated the manuscript, the so-called lost gospel of Judas says that Jesus asked his close friend Judas Iscariot to turn him over to the Romans because he wanted to escape the prison of his earthly body. The 26 pages -- 13 sheets of papyrus with writing on both front and back -- depict Judas as a Christian hero, not a villain."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060407.JUDAS07/TPStory/
How the various Christian Bibles were compiled and modified has always been fascinating- at once political and philosophical. Here we have evidence of early Christian belief, and I have to wonder whether it will have any effect at all on how Christians today believe. People often talk about how their Faith is the original, but no doubt there will be ways to get around mere facts to preserve what's more important.
"A 1,700-year-old papyrus manuscript recasts Judas, the man who, according to the Bible, betrayed Jesus Christ, as a loyal friend who was just following orders.
"According to the experts who have restored, translated and authenticated the manuscript, the so-called lost gospel of Judas says that Jesus asked his close friend Judas Iscariot to turn him over to the Romans because he wanted to escape the prison of his earthly body. The 26 pages -- 13 sheets of papyrus with writing on both front and back -- depict Judas as a Christian hero, not a villain."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060407.JUDAS07/TPStory/
How the various Christian Bibles were compiled and modified has always been fascinating- at once political and philosophical. Here we have evidence of early Christian belief, and I have to wonder whether it will have any effect at all on how Christians today believe. People often talk about how their Faith is the original, but no doubt there will be ways to get around mere facts to preserve what's more important.
# posted by newbie @ 11:09 AM 
