Manuscripts

Gospel of Judas

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Era: composition c. AD 130-170; surviving copy 3rd-4th c.
Location: Codex Tchacos, Middle Egypt
Discovered: modern publication 2006

Note on contested claims: Authentic ancient Gnostic text; explicitly rejected by the early church when it first appeared.

A Sethian Gnostic text in which Judas Iscariot turns out to be the only disciple who truly understands Jesus, and his "betrayal" is quietly recast as a cosmic favor — freeing Jesus from the prison of the body.

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