1.0Via Mediahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamediaawelbornhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamedia/author/awelbornThe Gospel of Judas - Via Mediarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UgwSxx2Dff"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamedia/2006/04/the-gospel-of-judas.html">The Gospel of Judas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/viamedia/2006/04/the-gospel-of-judas.html/embed#?secret=UgwSxx2Dff" width="600" height="338" title="“The Gospel of Judas” — Via Media" data-secret="UgwSxx2Dff" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Yeah, yeah…Gospel of Judas, National Geographic special. Got it. But what’s the deal? Well, it’s basically another gnostic text, one of many, emerging from the Egyptian sands, making its way through the backalleys of the antiquities market, and seen, translated and intepreted, up to this point, only by people who are "on the team," so…