The thirteenth apostle

Continuum

2007

xxi, 202 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index

9780826499646

Timeline -- Part 1: An unfamiliar story. The silenced voice ; A Gnostic catechism -- Part 2: Translation matters. A mistaken gospel ; The Gospel of Judas in English translation -- Part 3: Good old Judas? Judas the confessor ; Judas the demon ; Judas the sacrificer ; An ancient Gnostic parody -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Further reading -- Appendix 2: A synopsis of Sethian Gnostic literature -- Appendix 3: Testimony from the Church Fathers on the Gospel of Judas -- Appendix 4: Q & A with April Deconick

April, who is Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University, offers a new translation of the Gospel of Judas which seriously challenges the National Geographic version, until now the only available English translation. April takes issue with the National Geographic interpretation of a "good Judas", and with those scholars such as Bart Ehrman and Elaine Pagels who have endorsed this reading, and insists rather that the gospel presents a Judas who is as evil as he has ever been. She argues that the Gospel of Judas is not about a "good" Judas, or even a "poor old" Judas. It is a gospel parody about a "demon" Judas written by a particular group of Gnostic Christians, the Sethians. - Publisher

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