Monday, April 17, 2006
hmmm...watch tat documentary on natl geographic channel tat day...
wonder if it is reli true...anyway i did clarify some parts in da bible wif my frens...so it is true...
but aftall, we din exist then...so we will nv know e truth...thus, it will oways b a mystery...
A egyptian found tis bk in one of da tombs in 1978, n tried 2 sell 2 collectors...among them were some 3 collectors...n one of them now is part of e team 2 unravel tis mystery gospel...
Here's a quote from e findings...
Biblical accounts suggest that Jesus foresaw and allowed Judas's betrayal. As told in the New Testament Gospels, Judas betrayed Jesus for "30 pieces of silver," identifying him with a kiss in front of Roman soldiers. Later the guilt-ridden Judas returns the bribe and commits suicide, according to the Bible.
The Gospel of Judas, however, gives a very different account. The text begins by announcing that it is the "secret account of the revelation that Jesus spoke in conversation with Judas Iscariot during a week, three days before he celebrated Passover."
It goes on to describe Judas as Jesus' closest friend, someone who understands Christ's true message and is singled out for special status among Jesus' disciples.
In the key passage Jesus tells Judas, "'you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me.'"
Kasser, the translation-project leader, offers an interpretation: "Jesus says it is necessary for someone to free him finally from his human body, and he prefers that this liberation be done by a friend rather than by an enemy. "So he asks Judas, who is his friend, to sell him out, to betray him. It's treason to the general public, but between Jesus and Judas it's not treachery."
The newfound account challenges one of the most firmly rooted beliefs in Christian tradition.
Bart Ehrman is chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"This gospel," he said, "has a completely different understanding of God, the world, Christ, salvation, human existence—not to mention of Judas himself—than came to be embodied in the Christian creeds and canon."
hmmm so very interesting....well there is oways 2 ways 2 look at ting....so now is jus acceptance of another view...n nt forcin one 2 reli believe in the truth or isit the truth? so no harm reading...hahaha free advertisement by me sia...me goin 2 buy e bk somehw...
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