By James M. Robinson
The discovery of a formerly misplaced Gospel of Judas Iscariot has electrified the Christian group. What Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John let us know approximately Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, is inconsistent and biased. for this reason, the revelation of an historical gospel that portrays this despised guy as a person who observed his function within the ardour of Christ as quintessential to a bigger plan—a divine plan—brings new readability to the outdated tale. If Judas had now not betrayed Jesus, Jesus should not have been passed over to the specialists, crucified, buried, and raised from the lifeless. may perhaps or not it's that with out Judas, the Easter miracle may by no means have happened?
In The secrets and techniques of Judas, James M. Robinson, a professional historian of early Christianity, examines the Bible and different historical texts and divulges what we will and can't find out about the lifetime of the ancient Judas, his position in Jesus's crucifixion, and even if the Christian church should still reevaluate his intentions and attainable innocence. Robinson tells the sensational tale of the invention of a gospel attributed to Judas, and exhibits how this impacts Judas's newfound which means for heritage and for the Christian faith.
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The frequent question as to why Jesus would have included Judas in his inner circle is thus most acute in the Gospel of John. If Jesus knew “from the first” that Judas would give him over, he must have included him for that very purpose! Just as Luke had transferred Peter being called Satan (Mark 8:33) into Judas being possessed by Satan (Luke 22:3), just so John presents Judas being possessed by Satan. He smuggles this “detail” into the story much earlier than at the Last Supper: There is a familiar scene of Jesus at the home of Simon the leper in Bethany (Mark 14:3–9), or, as Luke has it, at the home of Simon the Pharisee much earlier, in Galilee (Luke 7:36).
Perhaps better for Judas, but not better for carrying out Jesus’s God-willed destiny to die! Matthew emphasizes this role of Judas (Matt. ” The Gospel of John describes the scene in much more detail (John 13:22, 25–27, 30): The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. . ” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot. After he received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. ” . . So, after receiving the piece of bread, he immediately went out.
This is the name about which you may already be best informed, if you know what is named after them: sodomy. The Gnostic Judas 55 Sodom was a large city at the southern end of the Dead Sea that already in antiquity was a notorious ruin. I participated in the archeological excavation of the most probable site, Bab ed-Dhra, back in 1965, though we found no incriminating evidence, of course. Abraham’s nephew Lot lived there. He extended oriental hospitality to two angels as house guests. But before bedtime, things suddenly took a turn for the worse (Gen.