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The Lost Gospel : The Quest For
The Gospel Of Judas Iscariot
Author: Herbert Krosney
Binding: Hardcover, 350 Pages
Publisher: National Geographic (April 2006)
ISBN: 1426200412
Price: RM102.50
Synopsis
Judas Iscariot.
He’s been hated and reviled through the ages as Jesus Christ’s betrayer–the
close friend who sells him out for 30 pieces of silver.
But history also records other information about Judas Iscariot. One such
reference was written in 180 by an influential Church Father named St. Irenaeus
who railed against the Gospel of Judas for depicting the last days of Jesus from
the perspective of the disgraced apostle. In its pages, Judas is Christ’s
favorite.
It’s a startlingly different story than the one handed down through the ages.
Once it was denounced as heresy, the Gospel of Judas faded from sight. It became
one of history’s forgotten manuscripts.
Until now.
In this compelling and exhaustively researched account, Herbert Krosney unravels
how the Gospel of Judas was found and its meaning painstakingly teased from the
ancient Coptic script that had hid its message for centuries. With all the
skills of an investigative journalist and master storyteller, Krosney traces the
forgotten gospel’s improbable journey across three continents, a trek that would
take it through the netherworld of the international antiquities trade, until
the crumbling papyrus is finally made to give up its secrets. The race to
discover the Gospel of Judas will go down as one of the great detective stories
of biblical archaeology.
About the Authors
Herbert Krosney is an award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker
specializing in investigative and historical projects. He has worked for BBC,
PBS, and the history channel as well as national geographic. He is the author of
beyond welfare: poverty in the supercity; deadly business: legal deals and
outlaw weapons; and the co-author of the Islamic bomb: the nuclear threat to
Israel and the middle east. A Harvard graduate, he began his career in newspaper
reporting. Married with three children and five grandchildren, he divides his
time between homes in New York and Jerusalem.
Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is an expert on the
history of early Christianity. He is the author of 19 books, including the
bestselling Misquoting Jesus: the Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why.
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