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The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
Viking
March 2007
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Featuring: Judas
224 pages
ISBN: 0670038458
EAN: 9780670038459
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Religion
The two leading, bestselling 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
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. 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 audience both. Pagels’s five previous books,
including The New York Times bestseller Beyond Belief, and
King’s The Gospel of Mary of Magdala prove that there is a
considerable audience eager for this kind of informed and
engaging writing.
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