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Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity | [Elaine Pagels, Karen L. King]
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Publisher's Summary

Two leading, best-selling experts on the Gnostic gospels weigh in on the meaning of the controversial, newly discovered Gospel of Judas.

When the Gospel of Judas was published by the National Geographic Society in April 2006, it received extraordinary media attention and was immediately heralded as a major biblical discovery that rocked the world of scholars and laypeople alike. Elaine Pagels and Karen King are the first to reflect on this newfound text and its ramifications for the story of early Christianity. In Reading Judas, the two celebrated scholars illustrate how the newly discovered text provides a window into understanding how Jesus' followers understood his death, why Judas betrayed Jesus, and why God allowed it.

Most contemporary readers will find passages in the ancient Gospel of Judas difficult to comprehend outside of its context in the ancient world. Reading Judas illuminates the intellectual assumptions behind Jesus' teaching to Judas and shows how conflict among the disciples was a tool frequently used by early Christian authors to explore matters of doubt and disagreement.

Presented with the elegance, insight, and accessibility that has made Pagels and King the leading voices in this field, this is a book for academics and popular audiences alike.

©2007 Elaine Pagels and Karen L. King; (P)2007 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. All rights reserved.

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    "Excellent scholarship, easy to understand"
    By Barbara (Royal Oak, MI, USA) Mar 24, 2007
    Upon listening to this audiobook, I was impressed by the care and sensitivity of the authors in both their scholarship and respect for current Christian faith. They point out that the value of documents like Gospel of Judas is that they shed light into how Christianity was practiced in the early centuries of the faith. The knowledge of these diverse views can help modern Christians appreciate depth in history and understand different ways of thinking.
  • 2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
    "A clear, lucid, argument and a spiritual message."
    By Chi-Hung (Riverside, CA, USA) Aug 17, 2008
    I have enjoyed this volume tremendously, not only because it is highly digestible in length, focus and language, but it painted a vivid picture of lives in early Christianity, the issue of matyrdom and how diverse the doctrines of the early Christians were. It also provided some spiritual insight into gnostic texts, all in all, a highly enjoyable volume.

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