Gospel Of Judas Research Paper

THE PORTRAYAL OF JUDAS ISCARIOT: If there is one thing that modern literature and films do well it is to expose the villain. In the New Testament, Judas is represented as the betrayer of Jesus Christ. He is one of the twelve Apostles, the one who sold Jesus Christ out for thirty pieces of silver, and identified him with solely a kiss on the cheek. Later, crazed with guilt, Judas was said to have hung himself (Gospel of Matthew). He is the ultimate symbol of treachery and betrayal. Christianity would never have been the same without its ‘traitor’. After nearly two-thousand years the most hated man in history has returned, and this time it is through the eyes on the National Geographic Societies documentary, The Gospel of Judas. His depiction is viewed in a different light other than what the entire world has known throughout the ages.
The act of betrayal that is most commonly known though our teachings of the New Testament Gospels (Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John) is rather depicted as an act of obedience to the instructions of Jesus Christ. Unlike the eleven other disciples, Judas truly understood Christ’s message. Through the act of betrayal, he caused the pivotal point which interconnected the series of premeditated events that lead to the crucifixion of Jesus. In comparing The Gospel of Judas to scholarly text, the four canonical gospels of the New Testament, through providing evidence of the authenticity of The Gospel of Judas, and illustrating the contributions that have been made through the discovery of the Gospel of Judas offers an alternative view of the relationship between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot yet it illustrates the diversity of early Christianity. Judas fulfilled God’s plan by being a catalyst to the many events that led to Jesus’ crucifixion and filled the role as the cowardly