Judas no hero, scholars say

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Judas no hero, scholars say

Last Updated: Monday, December 4, 2006 | 9:43 AM ET
CBC News

Some scholars are refuting an interpretation of a 1,700-year-old document claiming to prove that Judas was a hero and not a villain.

Craig Evans, a professor of New Testament studies at Acadia Divinity College in Nova Scotia, was part of the team that unveiled the Gospel of Judas last spring.

“The big headline was in April that the text was discovered,” Evans said.

“The second big headline is right now: oops, maybe we misinterpreted it and we need to rethink it.”

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“It was a lot of pressure from the Geographic Society to sensationalize the release of this around Easter and just prior to the release of The Da Vinci Code movie,” said John Turner, a professor of religious studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

I think that about sums it up.

Thanks for posting this. It’s actually quite nice to see such experts recanting their baseless assertions.

 

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“Evans believes the document shows Judas was duped into believing he was helping Jesus, in effect making him a fool, not a hero.”

Still other scholars say mistakes were made in the rush to release the story about the Gospel of Judas before Easter.
“It was a lot of pressure from the Geographic Society to sensationalize the release of this around Easter and just prior to the release of The Da Vinci Code movie,” said John Turner, a professor of religious studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Looks like Judas was not the only fool who was duped. Alot of people went looking for that silver.