April, who is Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University, offers a new translation of the Gospel of Judas which seriously challenges the National Geographic version, until now the only available English translation. April takes issue with the National Geographic interpreta…
April, who is Professor of Biblical Studies at Rice University, offers a new translation of the Gospel of Judas which seriously challenges the National Geographic version, until now the only available English translation. April takes issue with the National Geographic interpreta…
This dissertation focuses on the construction, contestation and (re)formation of various scholarly and cultural identities expressed through the shorthand "Gnosticism." Much of the ancient data for Gnostics is shrouded in irrecoverable mystery-from the discoveries at Nag Hammadi…
The gospel character of Judas clearly indicates Christian myth making. As the insider become outsider he demarcates Christian boundaries and, therefore, helps define insider identity and locate evil. Three Versions of Judas explores the mythic work transpiring in the Judases of …
The gospel character of Judas clearly indicates Christian myth making. As the insider become outsider he demarcates Christian boundaries and, therefore, helps define insider identity and locate evil. Three Versions of Judas explores the mythic work transpiring in the Judases of …
The Gospels of the Marginalized provides an exciting new study of three of the most maligned figures in the New Testament story of Jesus: Thomas, usually considered the quintessential doubter among the disciples; Mary Magdalene, characterized as a repentant prostitute during muc…
