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The Gospel of Judas
12018-03-27T18:33:07-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28124582A "new" gospel and its academic and media afterlivesplain2023-03-20T13:06:05-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28The enormous splash and ensuing controversies surrounding a Gospel of Judas in the early 2000s show that it is not just a fear of forgery that excited the public imagination when it comes to fraught new biblical "discoveries." There has never been any question that the Coptic text labeled the "Gospel of Judas" is an authentically ancient text; nonetheless disputes over its discovery, ownership, and meaning roiled the academy and made front-page news for several years.
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1media/1972 Judas UK.jpg2018-03-26T18:15:16-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28(1972) Judas! (aka The Judas Gospel) (Athenaeum/Dell)Andrew S. Jacobs17plain2022-06-04T10:56:31-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28
1media/2017 Book of Judas.jpg2018-03-26T18:39:58-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28(2017) Linda Stasi, Book of Judas (Tor/Forge)Andrew S. Jacobs14plain2022-06-04T11:10:07-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28
1media/2007 Dead Sea Deception.jpg2018-03-26T18:37:12-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28(2011) Adam Blake, The Dead Sea Deception (Little Brown)Andrew S. Jacobs12plain2022-06-14T13:18:41-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28
1media/2010 Judas Conspiracy.jpeg2018-03-26T18:36:38-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28(2010) Leslie Winfield Williams, The Judas Conspiracy (JoSara MeDia)Andrew S. Jacobs8plain2022-07-14T12:20:58-07:00Andrew S. Jacobs45edf76073fc8204ba5adec5870047f3453dfd28