{"product_id":"the-thirteenth-apostle-what-the-gospel-of-judas-really-says","title":"The Thirteenth Apostle: What the Gospel of Judas Really Says","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first book to challenge The National Geographic version of the Gospel of Judas  The Thirteenth Apostle is sure to inspire to fresh debate around this most infamous of biblical figures. In 2006 The National G eographic Society released the first English translation of the Gospel of Judas  a second-century text discovered in Egypt in the 1970s. The translationcaused a sensation because it seemed to overturn the popular image of Judas the betrayer and instead presented a benevolent Judas who was a friend of Jesus.In The Thirteenth Apostle  April DeConick offers a new translation of the Gospel of Judas that seriously challenges The National Geographic interpretation. Inspired by The National Geographic Societys efforts to piece together this ancientmanuscript  DeConick sought out the original Coptic text and began her own translation: \"I didnt find the sublime Judas  at least not in Coptic. What I found were a series of English translation choices made by the National Geographic team  choices that permitted a different Judas to emerge in the English translation than in the Coptic original. Judas was not only not sublime  he was far more demonic than any JudasI know in any other piece of early Christian literature  Gnostic or otherwise.\" -April D. DeConick\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986979713077,"sku":"ByrdShop_0826499643","price":63.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780826499646.jpg?v=1770922190","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-thirteenth-apostle-what-the-gospel-of-judas-really-says","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}