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The Gospel of Judas: Coptic Text, Translation, and Historical Interpretation of the 'Betrayer's Gospel' - Couverture souple

Jenott, Lance

 
9783161509780: The Gospel of Judas: Coptic Text, Translation, and Historical Interpretation of the 'Betrayer's Gospel'

Synopsis

Lance Jenott presents a new critical edition, annotated translation, and interpretation of the Gospel of Judas which, for the first time, includes all extant fragments of the manuscript. Departing from the scholarly debate over how this second-century Gospel portrays the character of Judas Iscariot, he investigates the text's preoccupation with Jesus' Twelve Disciples, and why its author slanders them as immoral priests who unwittingly offer sacrifice to a false god. Jenott challenges previous interpretations of Judas as a Gnostic text that criticizes the sacrificial theology, Christology, and ritual practices of the orthodox church, including Eucharist and baptism. Instead, he emphasizes how its Christian author voices a political critique of the emerging clergy who established their ecclesiological authority through doctrines of apostolic succession and the exclusive right to administer the Eucharist.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lance Jenott, Born 1980; studied History, Classics, and Religion at the University of Washington in Seattle (BA, MA) and Princeton University (PhD); lecturer in Religion at Princeton University.

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