Short Take

Judas & Jesus

WHAT DID THE GNOSTICS REALLY BELIEVE?

Jack Miles

The recently published Gospel of Judas, writes biblical scholar Bart Ehrman, “has a completely different understanding of God, the world, Christ, salvation, human existence-not to mention of [sic] Judas himself-than came to be embodied in the Christian creeds and canon. It will open up new vistas for understanding Jesus and the religious movement he founded” (see (...)


 

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