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[Michael Bradley, Jr.]

On 4/8/06, Christopher Rose <kf6snj at lycos.com> wrote:
>
> The brevity of the document doesn't concern me. I think that the prophet
> Malachi was much shorter. What concerns me are the claims that are made in
> the document. If I read it right, it seems unto me that the claim could be
> made that Jesus asked Judas Iscariot to betray him (though such a claim
> would sure have been made in the other Gospels). Furthermore, the document
> seems to portray Judas as being the closest of the disciples. This could not
> have been further from the truth. At best, this is similiar to the gnostic
> gospel of thomas and at worst, a wicked deception designed to rationalize
> and even downplay Judas betraying Christ. While this may prove the subject
> of debate for many years, it seems unto me that this so-called gospel is too
> choppy to read to begin with and that further study of it will prove that it
> is nothing more than a historic hoax. The document may be ancient, but it is
> still an elaborate hoax.



Readers of this TD thread might interested in the following light analysis
and pointers to other relevant on-line resources put together by Christian
apologist Jimmy Akin:



         The Gospel of Judas

         http://www.jimmyakin.org/2006/04/the_gospel_of_j.html



         More on the Gospel of Judas

         http://www.jimmyakin.org/2006/04/more_on_the_gos.html





In Christ,

Michael Bradley, Jr.

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Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life . . ." (John 14:6)

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