The Bible of the enlightened just grew longer--like the Constitution, it is a living document--with the addition of the "Gospel of Judas," a Coptic text from 300 A.D., telling a story that was perhaps 120 years older.* The Bible of the enlightened just grew longer--like the Constitution, it is a living document--with the addition of the "Gospel of Judas The Gospel of Judas is a Gnostic gospel. The document is not claimed to have been written by apostle Judas Iscariot himself, but rather by Gnostic followers of Jesus Christ. ," a Coptic text from 300 A.D., telling a story that was perhaps 120 years older. Discovered in Egypt in the 1970s, it has only now been published. Jesus and Judas, it seems, were really tight, and Judas betrayed him only to fulfill the divine plan, which could not be revealed to the other eleven disciples. Like other Gnostic gospels--heretical texts condemned by the early Church--it posits an elite wisdom, for spiritual insiders. It is also rather badly written. (Adam Gopnik Adam Gopnik, (born August 24, 1956) a writer, essayist and commentator, is primarily known for his work published by The New Yorker, for which he has written since 1986. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but was raised in Montreal, Quebec. of The New Yorker noted that its Jesus has "one of those sardonic sar·don·ic adj. Scornfully or cynically mocking. See Synonyms at sarcastic. [French sardonique, from Greek sardonios, alteration of sardanios. , significant, how-little-you-know laughs, like the laugh of the ruler of a dubious planet on Star Trek nose, poke, pry, intrude search, look - search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" on the Greatest Story Ever Told since it was first told. The buzz over the Gospel of Judas proves again G. K. Chesterton's insight: Once men believe in nothing, they will believe in anything. |
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