Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity

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Author: Elaine Pagels

ISBN-10: 1429589302

ISBN-13: 9781429589307

Category: Gospels, Apocryphal -> History and criticism

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Two leading, bestselling experts on the Gnostic Gospels weigh in on the meaning of the controversial newly discovered Gospel of Judas. The Washington Post - John Dominic Crossan In their slim but excellent Reading Judas, Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King rightly focus on the text's ancient and provocative theology rather than on the codex's modern and tortured history, with King also providing a new and very well annotated translation of this early Christian document.

Introduction     xiReading Judas   Elaine Pagels   Karen L. KingJudas: Betrayer or Favored Disciple?     3Judas and the Twelve     33Sacrifice and the Life of the Spirit     59The Mysteries of the Kingdom     77A Final Note     99The Gospel of Judas   Karen L. KingEnglish Translation of the Gospel of Judas     109Comments on the Translation     123Index of Cross-References     167Notes     169Acknowledgments     191Index     193