so the judas that i saw when i did my own reconstructive work, he s not a hero. judas is a fallen angel. he s a demon. and behold, from out of the cloud appeared an angel. fire spews forth from his face and his likeness is defiled with blood. in april deconick s translation he s not only evil, he s the most evil. but in 2008 previously unseen pieces of the gospel of judas begin to emerge. there s always one last twist with the story of judas, and here we have another one.
subject of intense debate and interest. in 2006, nearly 30 years after its discovery, the gospel of judas is finally revealed to the world. this is a new gospel. it tells a new story of the last days of jesus christ. it s a dialogue between jesus and judas. it is the only known copy of a text originally written in the second century a.d. the actual author of the gospel of judas remains unknown. it s not the gospel according to judas. so all the other gospels that we have are always according to one disciple or the other. but this is not necessarily judas s view. this is a text that s about judas. the gospel uses the familiar scene of the last supper to paint a very different picture
judas crime is so easy to understand and at the same time so terrible. he betrayed his friend. along comes a bombshell, a newly translated ancient manuscript. just 25 tattered sheets of papyrus written in the ancient coptic language, the lost gospel of judas. it challenges our contempt for judas character, but now will missing fragments of text complete the gospel and force us to reconsider judas role in the story of jesus? the story of jesus, the story of the crucifixion is not so much a whodunit, it s a whydunit. why did judas betray jesus? that s really the biggest question in the entire gospel.
he took pages from under the book, put them on top of it to make it look presentable to a potential client. by shuffling these pages, it made a huge headache. to save the gospel of judas, tchacos enlists the help of an expert conservator in switzerland who begins a painstaking reconstruction. they ve got to restore it, but then they ve also got to authenticate it. does anybody know this is real? does anybody know if this is a fraud or a fake? the gospel needs to be dated to the early christian era to prove it is not a modern forgery. they do carbon 14 testing on the papyrus. it comes back as ancient. they do the testing on the ink. that comes back as ancient as well. the gospel of judas is real. along comes a bombshell. a newly translated ancient manuscript. it s a major question of biblical proportion. the gospel of judas is the
the world. this is a new gospel. it tells a new story of the last days of jesus christ. it s a dialogue between jesus and judas. it is the only known copy of a text originally written in the second century a.d. the actual author of the gospel of judas remains unknown. it s not the gospel according to judas. so all the other gospels that we have are always according to one disciple or the other. but this is not necessarily judas view. this is a text that s about judas. the gospel uses the familiar scene of the last supper to paint a very different picture of judas and jesus from that in the bible. in the gospels of the new testament, jesus is a mentor. he s gentle to his disciples, shall we say.