The Book of Judas..A book of mystery or the truth?
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:]\nThe copy of the Gospel of Judas was in Egyptian, therefore a copy from the original language (Greek). It is a single manuscript copied about 300AD, the only other knowledge that we have of its existence is that one of the Church fathers spoke against the veracity of a book by the same claimed author in 160 AD.\nIt's amazing to me that the same people who doubt the New Testament (24000 ancient manuscripts) would jump to accept this.\nWe know that Judas died in about 33 ad and would probably not have had enough time or the mental and emotional stability to write anything like a new gospel in the short time he lived after the events (included in that gospel) regarding the death of  Christ.\nWhat we have is a single manuscript, in the wrong language, dating to more than 250 years after the death of the claimed   author. a denial of it veracity and tons of scriptural evidence against it, and the integrity of it's alleged author\nsome prefer to suspect that the holy spirit made a significant error of omission in assembling the word that Jesus had promised would be sure and would pass away even if heaven and earth did.\nNo I relegate it to the same shelf of malarkey as i do the other gospels (Thomas, Phillip, Barnabas, Mary and any others )
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None of the Bibles are the true one. The bible came about as a result of the Council of Nicea in the early 4th century. Prior to Nicea there were several stories and books about Jesus, both as a man and as a God. \n\nSince the council voted by a narrow margin to accept Christ as being Devine as opposed to only being a man( which many Christians believed he was only a man up to then) they then had to reject any books and stories that presented Jesus as anything less than devine or only as Human.As a result many good and honest stories were rejected that would have painted a more balanced and rounded perception of just who Jesus Christ was.\n\nEssentially through Archeological finds such as the Nag Hammadi scrolls and the Dead sea scrolls further books about Jesus have come to light which give a better picture of who he really was. \n\nThe book of Thomas, the book of Phillip and more recently the Book of Judas( Iscariot) show that the early Christians had a totally different perception of Christ , a perception that unfortunatley in this modern age has been PERVERTED by the CHURCHES and their FOLLOWERS\n\nPerhaps the interesting things about these books is that they are all similar in saying that you DO NOT need priests , churches or an organised religion to have a relationship with God....ummmmmmmm food for thought
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Nothing is difficult to understand, if you know what you are reading! but, if one is reading a fiction book such as this one, and try to find truth in it, then it becomes a problem.  The problem we must understand and separate the fact from fiction, and when you take a book mix the fact with the fiction, some will Wonder where does the fact ends and the fiction begins, and visa verse!\nThe Dead Sea Scrolls were found by young boy, not a scholar by accident, and it has nothing that speaks of the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalen.\nSecond, the architecture and painting are inaccurate.  There are many mistakes, and the reasoning behind what some of the architectures means, for example PS, is actually SP, refers to Saint Peter, not the Prier of Sion.  The rose line, the roses etc. to many to mention them all.  But, the point is, when you miss information, a person who is not knowledgeable of what they read may not know, what is the truth! per say!\n\nNothing is so difficult, only if you know and don't get taken in a ride.  "If you repeat a lie long enough, and repeat it as often, people will not be able to differentiate between the lie and the truth!".  The key is to know what is the illusion, and what is not!  Our weakness is we are weak, and we question and always tempted to find the truth.  However, somewhere down the road, we get astray away with fictions that we tend to even remember what was we were looking for in the first place!\n\nHope that somehow helped, or I might have added a bit more for you to ponder upon.
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well i read somewhere that judas was meant to betray jesus in order for him to be put on the cross and forsake himself for out sins. intresting theory i thought.
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If ppl believe other Gospels....they should also take Gospel of Judas into consideration...
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For the first part it is simple ...\nThink about this: we are all God's creation and one way or another we carry on God's will. One of the assets given to us is free-will, the will to do as we choose. God's purpose now is to guide us on the right path, but it is us who must walk it. Judas did not know God's will at the time, it was much later that people were aware of what Jesus' death actually ment.\nThe fact that God intended it doesn't excuse Judas' act. It was Judas' choice to betray his teacher and this alone makes his act evil, just like any treason. God doesn't mind-control anyone. He chose to betray Jesus to the romans, thus he is a traitor and his treachery is ten-fold since we are talking about the Son of God (something Judas really believed or he wouldn't be an Apostle).\nAlso the fact that he's a traitor doesn't mean christians should hold a grudge against Judas. After all, he was forgiven for his actions did lead on the right path.\n\nAs for the accusations against the Jews, whatever they had done then, it's all done and it subscribes to the same things I've said above.
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The secret behind the Da Vinci Code is that it's claims are flat wrong and that the major basis of has already been proven bogus and manipulated.  \n\nIt tried to disprove the bible.  Dan Brown claims that:\n\n-"The Bible is a product of man...not of God." (Page 231)\n-"The New Testament is false testimony." (Page 345)\n-"The New Testament is based on fabrications." (Page 341)\n-"The Bible... has evolved through countless translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of the book." (Page 231)\n\nIs there a woman in Leonardo’s Last Supper?\nLet’s do the math. Jesus and twelve apostles (all men) = 13 people. That’s how many people are in the picture. If Leonardo wanted Mary Magdalene in there, he would have to paint 14 people. \n\nLet’s do the history. The Last Supper was painted to decorate a dining room of a group of Dominican friars. Anyone of them was surely capable – especially when the painting was fresh and new – of noticing and asking why a woman was in the painting. But there is no record of anyone thinking that the figure to Jesus’ right was anyone but St. John because St. John was usually portrayed as a beardless, “pretty” rather than handsome youth. This “prettiness” was the artist’s way of highlighting his youth.\n\nLog on to www.wga.hu, click on Enter Here, click on “B” under “Artist Index,” scroll down and click on Bassano, Jacopo, scroll down his paintings and click on his Last Supper to get an enlarged view and see another young and “pretty” St. John.\n\nOr just think of Jeffrey Hunter playing Jesus in the “King of Kings” for a modern counterpart.\n\nAllow me to refer you to websites that would provide answers to your questions.
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The book is fiction.\n\nHowever the parts of the book that provide background to the story and that are causing so much controversy may be true (pesonally I believe that there is good evidence to say that they are)--however it's not Dan Brown's job as a fiction author to support or prove those theories.\n\nRead the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, The Head of God, The Hiram Key,  The Tomb of God or any of a couple of dozen non-fiction, well researched books and then decide for yourself.
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honestly, i need to know more about the facts surrounding the gospel of judas before i make any analysis.  that being said, i think this is a gimmick to promote the da vinci code movie.
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I found the presentation on NGC interesting. While the jury is out on the authenticity of the document, it does present a different perspective held by Christians of the time. Diversity in beliefs and expressions is nothing new to the Church, and we should be open to new ideas based upon new information coming to light.\n\nThe idea of Judas acting on behalf of Jesus is also nothing new, and has been present throughout Christian history.\n\nNew ideas do not threaten my beliefs or weaken my faith.
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It's a wonderful book, that teeters between reality, the unexplained and the WHAT IF.\n\nIn short it is about small clues left behind by the famous Artist Leonardo DaVince, it claims that certain paintings he made hold secret clues about Jesus.  It goes on to discuss the Priory of Sion, Secret Society the Dossier letters to be more clues, of Jesus being married to Mary Magdaline, and producing a female child, Sarah, who is the direct descendant of Jesus.\n\nYou should have watched the History Channel last night--Josh Bernstein, 'Diggin for the truth.'\n\nGood Luck and Prosper...;*!*;...
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No.  It is interesting to me that the same people who bash Christians and deny the authority of the entire Bible are always the first to jump on the latest theological bandwagon as long as it runs contrary to accepted beliefs.  Take for instance the Divinci Code.  Now the hot topic is the gospel of Judas.  It reminds me of the way Hollywood is quick to make movies about the powers associated with the devil and demons, but rarely makes one portraying God's side of the picture.  How many horror movies have been made about demons?  How many movies have been made about Christian faith?  Beware of the latest fad -ALWAYS!  To me the good news about the latest debate is that anyone seriously engaged in it, has already admitted some very basic truths.  Namely that Jesus existed, that he was crucified, that his follower Judas handed him over to the authorities.  Those truths have never been in question.  Any historian will tell you that the life of Jesus is THE most well documented event in history.  That in itself should tell you something.
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I'm glad you asked this question.\n\nThere are several "apocryphal" books. Apocryphal is the word used that means basically "books that aren't concidered divinely inspired". These books were not excepted as scripture for two main reasons.\n1) As far as Old Testament books are concerned, books like "The Book of Enoch," "The Assumption of Moses" and "Odes of Soloman" amongst others, were never excepted even in Jesus' time by the Jews.\n2) In the New Testament, Jesus never refers to them in His teachings.\n\nI have read these books and you really have to take them with a grain of salt. There fantastic stories, but you cannot take them as you would what's in the Bible. I know that in the book of Jude he refers to a couple of them. But you need to realize that these "apocryphal" books do have truths in them, but they cannot be excepted as truth as a whole. Does that make sence? Jude was just pointing out a universal "absolute" truth that was mentioned in one of them.\n\nNow, beware, there are many New Testament "apocryphal" books too. "The Gospel of Thomas", "The Gospel of Mary Magdaline" and many others that are considered "gnostic" gospels. They were written decades after the supposed time the book itself says it was written. Besides that, they don't line up with what IS canonical. You really have to read the introductions the translaters make before you deside to read them.\n\nI do, however, have a recommendation. It is truly safe and helpful to read the writting of the "Early Church Father". This includes saints like Justin Martyr, Ignatious of Antioch, 1 Clement, 2 Clememt, (my favorite) Polycarp, all of these men were the disciples of the disciples and they have really alot of encouraging and helpful things to say about how church was when it was still a baby. \n\nThere is so much more that I would like to relay on this subject but I'm afraid that I'm taking to much of your time.  There is one other thing, for a good, easy reading book on the subject that will answer all of your questions I recommend a book called, "How we got the Bible" by Neil Lightfoot. You can find it at any Christian bookstore, and many secular bookstores too.
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I have been reading about that as of late and find it interesting.  plausible. The bible has seen a lot gone through a lot in that i mean translations.  It also stands that some books were purposely left out.  With that in mind I don't feel it proves with out a shadow of a doubt that its true.  However it does leave enough room for the thought and probability.
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It as in natgeo, a new gospel was found it looks like is genuine it says that Judas was only fallowing orders from Jesus and he didn't betrayed him
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The gospel of Judas is not credible. Scientists believe it to be the work of gnostics, a mystical early Christian denomination. People in those times did not have the access to the scriptures as we do today. They rarely had more than one or two books of the Bible at one time, so they often did not know what the other parts said. Gnostics often wrote stories of the way they thought things might be. The gospel of Judas is a philosophical conjecture, not scripture. It was also written at least 100 years after the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John - the 4 gospels present in the Bible that tell of Judas's betrayal.\nAlso, because "gospel" means "good news", and the good news is that Jesus died for our sins, the text would have to include the crucifixion and resurrection to be classified as a gospel. The gospel of Judas tells of neither. \n\nThe gospel of Judas has indeed been authenticated - that means that it is indeed as old as it seems. It does not mean that it is a work of scripture. If you want to back up what I have said, go to the link for the National Geographic Channel and either watch for the next show date of their special, or order the video. You can also read the text at this site.
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Most of the book is a fabrication.  The National Geographic channel and 60 min. recently had specials on this topic, exposing the completely fraudulent claims made in the book. \n\nThe thing I find the most humorous is that numerous non-Christians have exposed many of the false claims.  Any knowledgeable historian who has looked into the matter will tell you the same thing.\n\nA plethora of books have been published exposing the bogus claims of the book, including the "FACT PAGE".  \n\nThe title itself is repugnant to art historians.  da Vinci means "from Vinci", it is not a last name. Any art buff will tell you they refer to him as "Leonardo". Furthermore, Leonardo experts will tell you that he did not put hidden meanings into his paintings.  In his painting of the Last Supper, there is a picture of John to Jesus' left. The book claims that this is actually Mary Magdalene. John has a somewhat feminine appearance, but John was young. Leonardo and others painted what we know was John many other times with feminine looking features, we still have these paintings.\n\nThe book claims that there was a secret organization called the Priory of Scion created to protect documents that proved Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. THERE IS NO FACTUAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS CLAIM.) On a logical level, if this secert were so terrible, then why wouldn't they just destroy the documents? It doesn't make sense. \n\netc.etc.etc.