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Gospel of Judas
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Criticism
Critics have claimed that Christianity (including latter day saints) have missed a part (which contradicts LDS Doctrine) regarding Jesus and Judas.
Source(s) of the criticism
Response
The source for this claim would be a text called Gospel of Judas which was discovered in El Minya, Egypt, and in the 1970s it was obtained by National Geographic. The Gospel of Judas is dated to about 150 A.D, which in 180 A.D, Irenaues condemn the Gospel of Judas. Most scholars have link this text to the Gnostic movement and have concluded that this text was a late forgery.[1]
Conclusion
Endnotes
- [note] Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Eric D. Huntsman, and Thomas A. Wayment. Jesus Christ and the World of the New Testament: An Illustrated Reference for Latter-day Saints. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006), 312 ISBN 9781590384428
Further reading
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External links
Audio Recordings
Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, S. Kent Brown, Frank Judd, Gaye Strathearn, and Thomas A. Wayment, “The Truth About the Gospel of Judas,” Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006.