The Gospel of Judas - What of it?

In a recent article in The New York Times an article by April D. DeConick, a professor of Biblical studies at Rice University, & the author of “The Thirteenth Apostle: What the Gospel of Judas Really Says.” claims that last years hype by the national geographic society was due to mistranslations of the text.

In the New York Times it says;
"AMID much publicity last year, the National Geographic Society announced that a lost 3rd-century religious text had been found, the Gospel of Judas Iscariot. The shocker: Judas didn’t betray Jesus. Instead, Jesus asked Judas, his most trusted and beloved disciple, to hand him over to be killed. Judas’s reward? Ascent to heaven and exaltation above the other disciples.
It was a great story.

Unfortunately, after re-translating the society’s transcription of the Coptic text, I have found that the actual meaning is vastly different."

And of it the writer of this article said;
"Whoever wrote the Gospel of Judas was a harsh critic of mainstream Christianity and its rituals." But the fact that Judas is actually presented as a demon -- not as a heroic figure -- is no small matter."

Now, I have to say that even with this coming out that the gospel of judas is still far from the truths of scripture and is in fact opposed to Christianity, but this does call to question the motives of those who translated this text.

It is saddening that this mistake has been made and has influenced many to reject Christian beliefs, but I'm also glad to see that this has not remained covered but has been brought to light and perhaps the influence of this so called gospel may vanish!

The whole article in the New York Times is worth reading.

HT:Albert Mohler