This accessible, engaging book has Princeton religion professor Pagels (The Gnostic Gospels; Beyond Belief) in a dream team pairing with King (The Gospel of Mary of Magdala), who teaches ...

RBL: There have been a number of books on the Gospel of Judas since it was announced. How does your book differ from the ones published by Bart Ehrman, James Robinson and others? Pagels: They differ ...

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 ...

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John make up the four accepted Gospels of the Christian New Testament. Now a new gospel has been unveiled by the National Geographic Society — one that focuses on the story of ...

In a few weeks, we’ll be bombarded with exhortations to see the movie of The Da Vinci Code, an entertaining yarn riddled with historical errors. Just in time for Easter, though, the focus isn’t on ...

PILATE LIGHT: The recent unveiling of the Gospel of Judas has stirred discussion — and argument — about the role played by Judas Iscariot and others in the tale of Jesus’ trial and crucifixion. All ...

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 ...

Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer and Gregory Wurst, eds. The media campaign surrounding publication of the ancient Gospel of Judas is well launched with a television broadcast and two books sponsored by ...

Prominent scholars have accused the National Geographic Society’s 2006 series of articles on the Gospel of Judas of mistranslation, commercial exploitation, and “scholarly malpractice.” A recent essay ...

If I were to create a "Saturday Night Live" character based on New York Daily News columnist Linda Stasi, I would call her "Linda Sassy." Read her full-page Sunday column of columns -- in which she ...

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Religion scholars Elaine Pagels and Karen King's new book, Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity, interprets and... Religion scholars Elaine Pagels and Karen King's new ...