There's not a single scholar on the face of the Earth who buys any of it.

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The idea in this gospel is that Jesus, like all of us, is a trapped spirit, who is trapped in a material body. And salvation comes when we escape the materiality of our existence, and Judas is the one who makes it possible for him to escape by allowing for his body to be killed.

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Traditionally in Christian circles, Judas in fact has been associated with Jews. Of being traitors, avaricious, who in fact, betray Jesus, who are Christ-killers. And this portrayal of Judas of course also leads then to horrendous acts of anti-Semitism through the centuries. -Bart Ehrman
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In the ancient world, Christianity was even more diverse than it was today.

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He's the good guy in this portrayal. He's the only apostle who understands Jesus.

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Often they think of him as somebody who was greedy, avaricious, who was more interested in making money than in being faithful to his master. -Bart Ehrman
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I just began to lose it. It wasn't for lack of trying. But I just couldn't believe there was a God in charge of this mess.

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We're confident this is genuine ancient Christian literature.

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Given the circumstance that (God) didn't preserve the words, the conclusion seemed inescapable to me that he hadn't gone to the trouble of inspiring them. -Bart Ehrman
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