The Incredible Gospel of Judas (Iscariot)

Episode Outline:
00:00 – Introducing the Gospel of Judas
01:10 – How Bart first heard about the manuscript
03:13 – Irenaeus, the Cainites, and Gnostic Christianity
08:04 – Authenticating the ancient Coptic manuscript
13:33 – How the manuscript was discovered, sold, and damaged
23:02 – What the Gospel of Judas actually narrates
26:46 – Judas, Barbelo, and the secret Gnostic revelation
31:39 – Is Judas the hero, villain, or something in between?

Episode Description

How would you respond if I told you that, actually, Judas was the only disciple who understood what Jesus was doing on earth? Or that I said that Jesus is unrelated to the God who created the world? Or that the God who created the world is not the same as the one who created humans? From a modern Christian point of view, those are blasphemous statements - some more so than others, yet they are all paraphrasing an early Christian Gnostic text, known as the Gospel of Judas. Join us today on Misquoting Jesus to find out more about this surprising, esoteric gospel, and to learn the secrets of the world according to the Gnostics.

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