The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas Paris, Sorbonne, October 27th-28th, 2006

Review This is an important collection of scholarly articles on ...the Gospel of Judas. It helpfully dampens-down some of the more sensational claims made in the popular media. The findings are based on close reading of the text and the contribution in perceiving the figure of Judas to be a paordy of apostolic Christianity provides a compelling reading of the text.Paul Foster, Edinburgh, The Expository Times, March 2009'Wer mit der auf Schlagzeilen bedachten anfänglichen Auslegung nicht glücklich war, wird das Erscheinen dieser Anthologie mit den vielfältigen Versuchen einer weiterführenden Erhellung der Schrift und ihrer spezifizischen Probleme vorbehaltlos begrüßen.'Gesine Schenke Robinson, Theologische Literaturzeitung, 2010 Product Description This book offers the papers presented at the First International Conference on the Coptic Gospel of Judas, held in Paris, University of Sorbonne, October 27th-28th 2006. Several crucial literary, historical and doctrinal issues related to this apocryphon of the 2nd century A.C. are explored as well as Judas' ambiguous figure. From the Back Cover The papers gathered in this book were presented at the First International Conference (held in Paris, University of Sorbonne, October 27th-28th 2006), devoted to the newly discovered Gospel of Judas, preserved in the 4th century Coptic Codex Tchacos. These essays explore several crucial literary, historical and doctrinal issues related to this gospel, composed in the second half of the 2nd century. This unexpected discovery sheds a new light on the role attributed to Judas by some Gnostic Christian movements. A hotly debated question is precisely the significance of Judas in this gospel: hero or villain? Special attention is given to the sources - Greek, Jewish, Christian and even Iranian - used by the unknown author. This book will be of special interest for historians of late Antiquity religions and scholars in New Testament studies, Gnosticism and Coptic literature. About the Author Madeleine Scopello, Doctor in Classics and Philosophy, University of Turin; HDR, University of Sorbonne, Paris, is Directeur de Recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique at the University of Sorbonne, Paris. She has published extensively on Gnosticism and Manichaeism, including L'Exégèse de l'âme (Brill, 1985), L'Allogène (Peeters-Presses de l'Université Laval, 2004), Femme, Gnose et Manichéisme (Brill, 2005). Contributors include: Nathalie Bosson; Jean-Pierre Mahé; Stephen Emmel; Marvin Meyer; James M. Robinson; Glenn Most; Bernard Pouderon; Cécile Dogniez; Majella Franzmann; Madeleine Scopello; Simon C. Mimouni; Jean-Daniel Dubois; Einar Thomassen; Louis Painchaud; John D. Turner; April D. DeConick; José Montserrat-Torrents; Ezio Albrile; Seonyoung Kim; Anna Van den Kerchove; Fernando Bermejo Rubio.