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There's three parts to this book, though they're not labeled as such. First is an introduction with the history of the codex the Gospel of Judas was found it - how it was discovered, bought, sold, and damaged until it came into the hands of scholars who preserved and translated it. Second is a translation of the Gospel of Judas itself. Third is a series of essays about the gospel and its contents - what it could mean and what it likely did mean in the context of early Christian Gnosticism.
This was a really fascinating book. The gospel itself was interesting, but was also difficult to understand in parts. There are chunks of the text that are just missing due to the damage to the codex, ranging a few words to several lines. Having the essays there to interpret it helped a lot.
I learned a lot about gnosticism from this book, which really helped put the Gospel of Judas text in context. The explanations of what this gospel likely meant to the people who wrote and read it when it was first written were fascinating, as were the responses to it by proto-orthodox Christian thinkers who thought it was heretical. I learned a lot, and even though it was in pretty dense acacemic language, I enjoyed it. This is really a niche interest book, but I'm super interested in religion in general so I found it fascinating and an overall great read.
This was a really fascinating book. The gospel itself was interesting, but was also difficult to understand in parts. There are chunks of the text that are just missing due to the damage to the codex, ranging a few words to several lines. Having the essays there to interpret it helped a lot.
I learned a lot about gnosticism from this book, which really helped put the Gospel of Judas text in context. The explanations of what this gospel likely meant to the people who wrote and read it when it was first written were fascinating, as were the responses to it by proto-orthodox Christian thinkers who thought it was heretical. I learned a lot, and even though it was in pretty dense acacemic language, I enjoyed it. This is really a niche interest book, but I'm super interested in religion in general so I found it fascinating and an overall great read.
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