Overview
"This book provides a critical edition of a major non-canonical Gospel: the Gospel of Judas. It is based upon the manuscript published in 2007 by the National Geographic Society as well as the fragments of the same codex Tchacos that have since become available for study. The introduction by Bas van Os explores various aspects of this writing: its inclusion in the Codex Tchacos, the literary genre and the structure of the text, the ""Gospel"" narrative that frames the text, the polemical story, the relation between mythological representations from this text and those from ""Sethian"" traditions and Genesis material, the intended audience of the text, and its provenance. Johanna Brankaer provides a comprehensive commentary covering the whole of the text. It contains philological as well as substantive elements and unveils the intra-textual coherence as well as the affinities with other, Gnostic, apocryphal, patristic, and biblical traditions. Special attention is paid to the characterization of the disciples and Judas, to the much debated sacrificial theory behind the text and its rejection of the Eucharist (and Baptism) of the apostolic church, to expressions of (astral and eschatological) determinism, and to the Gnostic protology and cosmology."
Full Product Details
Author: Johanna Brankaer (Postdoctoral Researcher, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Münster) ,
Bas van Os (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Vrije Universiteit)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.90cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.30cm
Weight: 0.484kg
ISBN: 9780199672622
ISBN 10: 0199672628
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 03 January 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A complete commentary of over one hundred pages, with particular attention paid to the characterization of the disciples and Judas, carefully and clearly helps the reader make sense of this often puzzling text. * Daniel M. Gurtner, Crestwood, Kentucky, Religious Studies Review * This enterprise will remain for a long time a useful instrument for any student of the complex world of ideas of early Christianities and is a quality addition to the continually expanding literature dedicated to the Gospel of Judas. * Petru Moldovan, Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies *
This enterprise will remain for a long time a useful instrument for any student of the complex world of ideas of early Christianities and is a quality addition to the continually expanding literature dedicated to the Gospel of Judas. * Petru Moldovan, Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies *
Author Information
Johanna Brankaer is Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Münster. She has degrees in Classics, Philosophy, Byzantine studies, Oriental studies, and Theology. Bas van Os is Research Fellow at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
