Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Andreas Kostenberger on The Gospel of Judas

"We conclude, therefore, that the Gospel of Judas is not truly a Gospel; it does not go back to the “historical Judas” and does not preserve reliable tradition about Jesus or the Betrayer; and, while probably authentic, it contributes to a better understanding of Gnosticism but not of the biblical gospel or the true meaning of the sacrifice of Christ."

NT Scholar Andreas Kostenberger blogs on the Gospel of Judas.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Steven,

isn't it funny that modern scholars are catching up to people like Irenaeus who already told all this in his writing on heresies?

http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-01/anf01-58.htm#TopOfPage

Blessings,
iggy

Stephen said...

ah, but you see new is always, uh, well, er .... just better, right?

:)