The past century has seen the appearance of the three most important Biblical discoveries since the canonical (authorized or orthodox) texts were established in the early centuries of the church. All ...

The heresy-fighting bishop Irenaeus of Lyon, France, mentioned the Gospel of Judas about 180 AD, linking the writing to a Gnostic sect. Some two centuries later, Epiphanius, bishop of Cyprus, ...

When the National Geographic Society unveiled the Gospel of Judas earlier in April, the narrator in the accompanying television documentary announced: “It tells a different story. One that could ...

He's been despised for 20 centuries -- Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed Jesus Christ for 30 pieces of silver. But in April 2006 the National Geographic Society revealed the contents of the Gospel ...

A long-lost gospel that casts Judas as a co-conspirator of Jesus, rather than a betrayer, was ruled most likely authentic in 2006. Now, scientists reveal they couldn't have made the call without a ...

The tale of how the “Gospel of Judas” was rediscovered is worthy of a hard-boiled detective novel, but there’s an even more tantalizing religious mystery – whether the newly released document tells us ...

Researchers say they have discovered the only known copy of the Gospel of Judas. Alex Chadwick talks to Herb Krosney, author of The Lost Gospel. The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot? Matthew, Mark, Luke, ...

When the first translation of the long-lost Gospel of Judas was published last year amid considerable publicity, a few scholars trumpeted its apparent depiction of Judas Iscariot as a positive figure ...

For 2,000 years, Judas has been reviled for betraying Jesus. Now a newly translated ancient document seeks to tell his side of the story. The "Gospel of Judas" tells a far different tale from the four ...

As Easter, the anniversary for Christians of Jesus Christ’s resurrection, approaches, the discovery of new information about the man who betrayed Jesus has sparked nationwide debate. In Evanston, ...

As almost every child knows, Judas was the disciple who betrayed Jesus, selling his life for 30 pieces of silver. If there’s an arch villain in the story of Jesus, it’s Judas Iscariot. Or is it? The ...