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The Gospel of Judas: Coptic Text, Translation, and Historical Interpretation of 'The Betrayer's Gospel'

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  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 15.5 x 23.1 x 1.4 cm

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Lance Jenott presents a new critical edition, annotated translation, and interpretation of the Gospel of Judas which, for the first time, includes all extant fragments of the manuscript. Departing from the scholarly debate over how this second-century Gospel portrays the character of Judas Iscariot, he investigates the text's preoccupation with Jesus' Twelve Disciples, and why its author slanders them as immoral priests who unwittingly offer sacrifice to a false god. Jenott challenges previous interpretations of Judas as a Gnostic text that criticizes the sacrificial theology, Christology, and ritual practices of the orthodox church, including Eucharist and baptism. Instead, he emphasizes how its Christian author voices a political critique of the emerging clergy who established their ecclesiological authority through doctrines of apostolic succession and the exclusive right to administer the Eucharist.
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The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi CodicesThe Gospel of Judas: Coptic Text, Translation, and Historical Interpretation of 'The Betrayer's Gospel'

  • Title

    The Gospel of Judas: Coptic Text, Translation, and Historical Interpretation of 'The Betrayer's Gospel'

  • Author

    Lance Jenott

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    November 2011

  • Weight

    409g

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.1 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161509780

  • ISBN-10

    3161509781

  • Eden Code

    4898284

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