Thursday, May 11, 2006

A LECTURE ON THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS at Stanford is reported on in the Stanford Daily:
Judas’ gospel reconsidered

By Rahul Kanakia
Opinions Columnist
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
last updated May 10, 2006 2:17 AM

Two religious studies professors painted a fantastic picture of the Gospel of Judas and the early Christians who wrote it — now labeled heretics by some — at the Stanford Humanities Center last night. Using examples from the text itself, they outlined some of the Gospel’s more outrageous claims; including the notion that Judas is destined to ascend to the kingdom of heaven and return one day to rule the Earth.

The heavily attended talk was conducted by Emeritus Religious Studies Prof. Robert Greggand and Wabash College Prof. Robert Royalty, who was a professor of religion at Stanford from 1993 to 1999.

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