Reading Judas The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
read by Justine Eyre and Robertson Dean
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
telling the story of early Christianity. In Reading Judas, the two
celebrated scholars illustrate how the newly discovered text provides a
window onto understanding how Jesus’ followers understood his death,
why Judas betrayed Jesus, and why God allowed it.