by HerbertKrosney (Author)
This compelling and exhaustively researched account reveals the truth behind one of the greatest Judeo Christian archaeology of the century-a 1,600-year-old papyrus manuscript, or codex, containing the only known surviving Gospel of Judas.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 352
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 30 Apr 2007
ISBN 10: 1426200471
ISBN 13: 9781426200472
Jesus said to Judas: You will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me. -The Gospel of Judas
Riveting....With the tenacity of a top-flight investigative reporter, Krosney pursued every facet of the discovery and reclamation of the text. With an uncanny knack for piecing together isolated data, he has provided us with scores of details that, were it not for his efforts, would have been lost forever. -Bart D. Ehrman
A dramatic story of the discovery of one of the most provocative gospels from the early Church. -Marvin Meyer, editor of The Gospel of Judas
From the Hardcover edition.
Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is an expert on the history of early Christianity. He is the autor of 19 books including the bestselling Misquoting Jesus: the Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why.