Until recently, no institutions were willing to pay the exorbitant fee to get the manuscript due to its dubious origin. It portrays judas as a favored disciple who was given special knowledge by jesus and who turned him. In ancient document, judas, minus the betrayal the new. In recent months, the news media have focused intensively on the discovery of the socalled lost gospel the gospel of judas. The gospel of judas national geographic channel asia. The lost gospel of judas iscariot internet archive. The gospel of judas is simply a heretical forgery, much the same as the gospel of thomas, the gospel of mary, and the gospel of philip. The truth about the gospel of judas sermon by roger thomas. Gospel of judas the theological implications of this important biblical document are explored by scholars and scientists.
The gospel of judas tells of judass role in the death betrayal of jesus and his place in the heart and mind of the christian savior. Knowing that judas was reflecting upon something that was exalted, jesus said. The coptic, or egyptian christian, manuscripts were unveiled today at national geographic society headquarters in washington, d. Lions documentary lions vs buffalo wildlife animals attack nationalgeographic channel.
Hidden for 1700 years, the gospel of judas now offers a surprising. The gospel advances a gnostic cosmology and portrays judas in a positive light as the only apostle who fully understands jesus teachings although lost for centuries, the gospel of judas was known to have existed because it was mentioned by st. The only known surviving copy of the gospel was found in a codex, or ancient book. The gospel of judas turns judas act of betrayal into an act of obedience, craig evans, a new testament scholar at acadia divinity college, said in a national geographic statement on the find. Questions have arisen about the group of scholars who collaborated with national geographic in its recent t. The gospel of judas this translation is by david brakke and is intended only for the use of his students. After four years of restoration and translation, the gospel of judas was revealed in a muchhyped national geographic channel special on palm sunday, april 9, 2006.
There is much conversation between jesus and judas with the resulting reactions of the other disciples to the apparent special admiration jesus held for judas, at least according to this gospel. The gospel of judas by national geographic society. Along with a magazine article, the society is publishing two books on the gospel of judas, and the national geographic tv channel will be running a special twohour documentary on the manuscript on sunday 9 april. It was mystical religion based on the faith that salvation comes from within, from knowing oneself and coming in touch with the sparkle of god and light that is born a whole new perspective about the origins. The gospel of judas gives a different view of the relationship between jesus and judas, offering new insights into the disciple who betrayed jesus. The anunnaki cannot be fully understood until you know this extraordinary information duration. I saw this documentary on australian pay tv about 10 years ago. The translation caused a sensation because it seemed to overturn the popular image of judas the betrayer and instead presented a benevolent judas who was a friend of jesus. In 2006, national geographic released the first english translation of the gospel of judas, a secondcentury text discovered in egypt in the 1970s. On april 9, national geographic aired the special on the gospel of judas.
When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, they were astounded. Wright was pretty shocked at the attention it was getting and the publicity as a new view judas one where jesus secretly asks judas to betray him and then jesus mocks the lack of understanding of the other disciples. Npr coverage of the gospel of judas by national geographic society, rodolphe kasser, marvin meyer, gregor wurst, and bart d. The gospel of judas caused a huge stir when national geographic. Just as judas iscariot rejected jesus and betrayed him with a kiss, the gospel of judas rejects the true gospel and truth of god with a fraudulent appearance of validity. Now a new gospel has been unveiled by the national geographic. The gospel of judas is as gnostic text, one of the many that were lost in the sands of egypt. The content consists of conversations between jesus. Gospel of judas national geographic tv shows, specials. Ehrman, author of lost christianities the discovery of the gospel of judas.
For now, the gospel of judas will be the center of attention in a television show, magazine article, two books and an exhibition by national geographic. This was written back when the gospel of judas was making headlines and all of the books and tv shows about it were coming out. Questions arise about scholars who collaborated in. To view this site, you need to have javascript enabled in your browser, and either the flash plugin or an html5video enabled browser. The content consists of conversations between jesus and judas iscariot. One of the most significant discoveries of the twentieth century is revealed in this film. How does the gospel of judas mesh with lds beliefs. Opinion what the gospel of judas really says the new. The gospel reported an interesting twist on the events surrounding the crucifixion of jesus of nazareth. With bahran aloui, tawfik bahri, monc ed becheikh, omar bey. After being lost for nearly 1,700 years, the gospel of judas was recently restored, authenticated, and translated.
The gospel of judas available in dvd ship this item this item is available online through marketplace sellers. Thursday april 6, 2006, the national geographic society held a press conference at its washington dc headquarters and announced to some 120 news media the recovery, restoration, and translation of the gospel of judas. In 2007, the national geographic society published the critical edition of the manuscript. If you missed the april 9 th airing, don t worry, the national geographic channel has many reruns scheduled. The gospel of judas national geographic by danny wilten. This past thursday, april 6th, the national geographic society published an english translation of an ancient gnostic text called the gospel of judas, and then followed this up with a television special that aired the following sunday, april 9th a carefully planned marketing ploy, it was certainly no accident that the national geographic society chose to air their television program. National geographic, who sponsored the translating of this work proclaimed. A longlost gospel that casts judas as a coconspirator of jesus, rather than a betrayer, was ruled most likely authentic in 2006.
The gospel of judas is part of an ancient coptic egyptian codex which dates from around the third century ad. Gospel of judas on national geographic channel national geographic explores the people, places and events of our world. An excellent documentary about the gnostic gospel of judas iscariot. It rivals the finding of the dead sea scrolls or the gnostic gospels of nag hammadi. It has been the cover story of time and newsweek magazines, and most recently, national geographic released a documentary about it. National geographic documentary collection youtube. A foundation in switzerland eventually purchased the codex to release its content.
Together with the letter of peter to phillip, james, and a book of allogenes from codex tchacos. Andre gagne, a critical note on the meaning of apophasis in gospel of judas 33. Now, scientists reveal they couldnt have made the call without a. Subsequent studies, however, questioned this interpretation of. The gospel of judas book by national geographic society. Truth behind gospel of judas revealed in ancient inks. The story appeared as headline news in dozens of major newspapers around the world and was the topic of. Given that it includes late 2nd century theology, it is thought to have been composed in the 2nd century by gnostic christians, rather than the historic judas himself. An ad for the judas special says, the gospel of judas is an exclusive, twohour global television event that traces the incredible story of one of the most important finds in biblical archaeology. The gospel of judas, a second century gnostic gospel, was discovered in the twentieth. The gospel of judas, a fragile clutch of a leatherbound papyrus thought to have been inscribed in about ad300, was unveiled yesterday in washington by the national geographic society, and it. The tv special aired last sunday palm sunday 2006 on the national geographic channel. Amid much publicity last year, the national geographic society announced that a lost 3rdcentury religious text had been found, the gospel of judas iscariot. Unfortunately, the special was below standard in its scholarly representation of both sides of the argument on the validity of the new testament gospels as well as the gospel of judas.
Ehrman, a featured commentator in the national geographic special, describes how he first saw the gospel of judassurprisingly, in a small room above a pizza parlor in a swiss town near lake genevaand he recounts the fascinating story of where and how this ancient papyrus document was discovered, how it moved around among antiquities dealers. The gospel of judas was never recognized by the church as being inspired. The only copy of it known to exist is a coptic language text that has been carbon dated to 280 ad, plus or minus 60. Although discovered in the 1970s, the portion called the gospel of judas has only recently been restored and translated by scholars the completion of the restoration and translation was announced by the national geographic society at a news. Promotion of the national geographic program and book ignores. It was all part of very well orchestrated publicity campaign for a series of books and documentaries produced by the national geographic society. The gospel of john says that he told judas to go out and do what he had to do, which jesus knew was to betray him. Gospel of judas, apocryphal christian scripture from the 2nd century ad attributed to the apostle judas iscariot. Buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. A fourthcentury coptic translation of the gospel of judas, which is a secondcentury gospel first mentioned by irenaeus of lyons, was recovered in 2006 and published initially under the auspices of the national geographic society as a gospel that exonerated judas and saw him as a gnostic hero and soul mate of jesus. The gospel of judas tells a far different tale from the four gospels in the new testament. Gospel of judas on national geographic channel traces the story of this important biblical document from its archaeological discovery and authentication process, through to its implications for christian belief.