Gospel of Judas
Biola Responds to The Gospel of Judas
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006I’m not sure how I missed this but Biola University has posted a sort of Q&A on the Gospel of Judas with Clinton E. Arnold, Professor (Talbot School of Theology) and Chairman of the New Testament department. Its pretty standard stuff, but worth reading.
Here’s a sample:
The NGS special gave the impression that there were […]
Is Part of the Gospel of Judas in an Ohio Vault?
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006As I learn more about the recent history of the Gospel of Judas codex it reads like a Dan Brown novel, with intrigue, bankruptcy, documents in bank vaults, exotic locations like Ohio, heck it’s more exciting then the so-called Gospel itself.
The latest chapter of the codex’s history to garner press attention doesn’t take place in […]
Commentary: Gospel of Judas, Scene 2
Saturday, April 15th, 2006The Gospel of JudasScence 1 | Scence 2 | Scence 3
Scence 2
In this portion of the Gospel of Judas the disciples have a disturbing vision, and the character of the Gospel becomes unmistakably more Gnostic. Again, a translation has been provided by National Geographic which can be downloaded here, it is the translation I […]
Commentary: Gospel of Judas, Scene 1
Thursday, April 13th, 2006The Gospel of JudasScence 1 | Scence 2 | Scence 3
Scence 1
While it seems that everyone and their mom are talking about the Gospel of Judas, I’d like to examine some of the text in a rather relaxed style. This isn’t meant to be any sort of in-depth textual analysis, just some passing thoughts […]
Multispectral Imaging Reveals Herculaneum Scrolls
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006The National Geographic channel has a short video on their website documenting the discovery and deciphering of some ancient scrolls recovered from a Herculaneum villa, which was covered with ash by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.
Of interest is the process that was used to read them. Called “multispectral imaging” the process adjusts […]
Judas, Scholarship and the Didache
Friday, April 7th, 2006There are a lot of great posts today.
Gospel of Judas
Two more nice posts by Rick Mansfield [one] [two] on the [oh so hyped] Gospel of Judas. One particular AP piece quotes Craig Evans, here is the total of his input that the article included.
Craig Evans, a professor at Acadia Divinity College in Nova Scotia, […]
People are Hungry for [Wrong] Information
Thursday, April 6th, 2006NPR had a short segment on the increased interest in religion, specifically the history of Christianity driven by the success of the Da Vinci Code. They talked about the book, counter-books, related history and items like the Gospel of Judas (for which I’d recommend you read Rick Mansfield’s comments — suffice to say […]