Books on the Gospel of Judas
I have a few small posts to publish on the Gospel of Judas. Here are the basic links again, and very brief comments on the new books on Judas.
This is the story of the discovery of the Gospel of Judas, and subsequent dubious provenance and academic politics. It should probably be read in conjunction with James Robinson's book, since the story as given here (and it is a fascinating one) is definitely weighted towards the individuals and organisations who published the material through National Geographic. Shamefully, it doesn't even contain a translation of the Gospel of Judas. Instead, the final chapter contains a paraphrase, along the lines of "In the Gospel of Judas, Judas says such-and-such, then Jesus replied, etc."
The Secrets of Judas
This is James T. Robinson's book. I haven't yet read this, but it is said to provide a counterbalance to the story given in Krosney's book, above. Robinson organised the translation and publication of the complete Nag Hammadi texts, which astonishingly entered the Amazon top 100 this weekend. The Secrets of Judas is unlikely to contain much in the way of direct commentary on the Gospel of Judas since Robinson hadn't seen the codex when this went to press.
The Gospel of Judas
This one actually contains the English text of the Gospel of Judas, along with four essays by way of commentary. The critical edition of the Coptic text has apparently been delayed due to the discovery of additional fragments of the papyrus. According to Marvin Meyer's introduction, "The entire text of Codex Tchacos is to be published in a critical edition, with facsimile photographs, Coptic text, English, French and german translations, textual notes, introductions, indices, and an essay on Coptic dialectical features."
National Geographic Site:-
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/
The Gospel of Judas in English PDF
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/_pdf/CopticGospelOfJudas.pdf
Coptic text of the Gospel of Judas PDF
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/_pdf/CopticGospelOfJudas.pdf
Roger Pearse's extensive collection of Gospel of Judas news and rumours
http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/manuscripts/gospel_of_judas/
I pre-ordered both books through Amazon, assuming that one was the scholarly edition, andThe Lost Gospel: the Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot
the other the popular edition. Not so.
This is the story of the discovery of the Gospel of Judas, and subsequent dubious provenance and academic politics. It should probably be read in conjunction with James Robinson's book, since the story as given here (and it is a fascinating one) is definitely weighted towards the individuals and organisations who published the material through National Geographic. Shamefully, it doesn't even contain a translation of the Gospel of Judas. Instead, the final chapter contains a paraphrase, along the lines of "In the Gospel of Judas, Judas says such-and-such, then Jesus replied, etc."
The Secrets of Judas
This is James T. Robinson's book. I haven't yet read this, but it is said to provide a counterbalance to the story given in Krosney's book, above. Robinson organised the translation and publication of the complete Nag Hammadi texts, which astonishingly entered the Amazon top 100 this weekend. The Secrets of Judas is unlikely to contain much in the way of direct commentary on the Gospel of Judas since Robinson hadn't seen the codex when this went to press.
The Gospel of Judas
This one actually contains the English text of the Gospel of Judas, along with four essays by way of commentary. The critical edition of the Coptic text has apparently been delayed due to the discovery of additional fragments of the papyrus. According to Marvin Meyer's introduction, "The entire text of Codex Tchacos is to be published in a critical edition, with facsimile photographs, Coptic text, English, French and german translations, textual notes, introductions, indices, and an essay on Coptic dialectical features."
National Geographic Site:-
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/
The Gospel of Judas in English PDF
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/_pdf/CopticGospelOfJudas.pdf
Coptic text of the Gospel of Judas PDF
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/_pdf/CopticGospelOfJudas.pdf
Roger Pearse's extensive collection of Gospel of Judas news and rumours
http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/manuscripts/gospel_of_judas/
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