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The Crosby-Schoyen Codex, an ancient Christian manuscript dating back to 250-350 AD, is set to fetch $2.6 million at a London auction. This rare artifact, featuring early texts of Christian epistles and reflecting the transition to codex format, embodies the evolution of religious documentation. Preserved in Egypt's dry climate, its upcoming sale highlights the enduring value of preserving cultural heritage and the quest for knowledge across millennia.

Egyptian dialect, known colloquially as ‘ammia, is the most widely spoken and understood across the Arab World. Its international status took shape in the twentieth century, when the country’s musical industry, cinema, and later broadcast media grew to regional dominance. Yet, the Egyptian Arabic known to the rest of the world through these channels was

>> i began to do my own work translating the gospel of judas, and what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words in translation that didnt reflect the actual coptic language. and so this caused me to really sit down and take a second look at this text and start to ask questions. what do we really have here? >> april deconick has come to geneva to the bodmer foundation, now keepers of the gospel of judas, to see the actual papyrus for the very first time. >> oh, my gosh. loo...

Translation that didnt reflect the actual coptic language. and so this caused me to really sit down and take a second look at this text and start to ask questions. what do we really have here? >> april deconick has come to geneva to the bodmer foundation, now keepers of the gospel of judas, to see the actual papyrus for the very first time. >> oh, my gosh. look at that. >> just as judas is finally being rehabilitated, april deconick takes a look at this papyrus and finds, "wait a minute. its not...

Translating the gospel of judas. and what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words and translation that didnt reflect the actual coptic language. and so this caused me to really sit down and take a second look at this text and start to ask questions, what do we really have here? >> april deconick has come to geneva, to the badmer foundation, now keepers of the gospel of judas, to see the actual papyrus for the very first time. >> oh, my gosh, look at that. >> just as judas...

And so this caused me to really sit down and take a second look at this text and start to ask questions, what do we really have here? >> april deconick has come to geneva, to the foundation now keepers of the gospel of judas, to see the actual papyrus for the very first time. >> oh, my gosh, look at that. >> just as judas is finally being rehabilitated, april deconick takes a look at this papyrus and finds, wait a minute. its not saying what we think it is saying. >> so there are mistakes in the...

>> i began to do my own work translating the gospel of judas. and what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words and translation that didnt reflect the actual coptic language. and so this caused me to really sit down and take a second look at this text and start to ask questions, what do we really have here? >> april deconick has come to geneva, to the foundation now keepers of the gospel of judas, to see the actual papyrus for the very first time. >> oh, my gosh, look at t...

Changes the relationship between jesus and judas. now judas is not a traitor but a trusted ally chosen by jesus to help him fulfill gods divine plan. then in 2007, another biblical scholar starts to doubt this interpretation. >> i began to do my own work translating the gospel of judas. and what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words and translation that didnt reflect the actual coptic language. and so this caused me to really sit down and take a second look

Its stunning. >> the gospel of judas totally changes the relationship between jesus and judas. now judas is not a traitor but a trusted ally chosen by jesus to help him fulfill gods divine plan. then in 2007, another biblical scholar starts to doubt this interpretation. >> i began to do my own work translating the gospel of judas. and what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words and translation that didnt reflect the actual coptic language. and so this caused me to really

And what i began noticing is that there were certain selections of words and translation that didnt reflect the actual coptic language. and so this caused me to really sit down and take a second look at this text and start to ask questions, what do we really have here? >> april deconick has come to geneva, to the foundation now keepers of the gospel of judas, to see the actual papyrus for the very first time. >> oh, my gosh, look at that. >> just as judas is finally being rehabilitated, april de...