The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas Paris, Sorbonne, October 27th-28th, 2006 (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 62) - Hardcover

Scopello, Madeleine

 
9789004167216: The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas Paris, Sorbonne, October 27th-28th, 2006 (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, 62)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004167218 ISBN 13: 9789004167216
Publisher: Brill, 2008

Synopsis

The papers gathered in this book were presented at the First International Conference (held in Paris, University of Sorbonne, October 27th-28th 2006), devoted to the newly discovered Gospel of Judas, preserved in the 4th century Coptic Codex Tchacos. These essays explore several crucial literary, historical and doctrinal issues related to this gospel, composed in the second half of the 2nd century. This unexpected discovery sheds a new light on the role attributed to Judas by some Gnostic Christian movements. A hotly debated question is precisely the significance of Judas in this gospel: hero or villain? Special attention is given to the sources - Greek, Jewish, Christian and even Iranian - used by the unknown author. This book will be of special interest for historians of late Antiquity religions and scholars in New Testament studies, Gnosticism and Coptic literature.

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About the Author

Madeleine Scopello, Doctor in Classics and Philosophy, University of Turin; HDR, University of Sorbonne, Paris, is Directeur de Recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique at the University of Sorbonne, Paris. She has published extensively on Gnosticism and Manichaeism, including L'Exégèse de l'âme (Brill, 1985), L'Allogène (Peeters-Presses de l'Université Laval, 2004), Femme, Gnose et Manichéisme (Brill, 2005).
Contributors include: Nathalie Bosson; Jean-Pierre Mahé; Stephen Emmel; Marvin Meyer; James M. Robinson; Glenn Most; Bernard Pouderon; Cécile Dogniez; Majella Franzmann; Madeleine Scopello; Simon C. Mimouni; Jean-Daniel Dubois; Einar Thomassen; Louis Painchaud; John D. Turner; April D. DeConick; José Montserrat-Torrents; Ezio Albrile; Seonyoung Kim; Anna Van den Kerchove; Fernando Bermejo Rubio.

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The papers gathered in this book were presented at the First International Conference (held in Paris, University of Sorbonne, October 27th-28th 2006), devoted to the newly discovered Gospel of Judas, preserved in the 4th century Coptic Codex Tchacos. These essays explore several crucial literary, historical and doctrinal issues related to this gospel, composed in the second half of the 2nd century. This unexpected discovery sheds a new light on the role attributed to Judas by some Gnostic Christian movements. A hotly debated question is precisely the significance of Judas in this gospel: hero or villain? Special attention is given to the sources - Greek, Jewish, Christian and even Iranian - used by the unknown author. This book will be of special interest for historians of late Antiquity religions and scholars in New Testament studies, Gnosticism and Coptic literature.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004167218
ISBN 13 
9789004167216
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
420

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