The Gospel of Judas in Context: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas, Paris, Sorbonne, October 27th-28th, 2006

421 Pages·2008·5.618 MB·English

by  Madeleine Scopello

The Gospel of Judas in Context
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Nag Hammadi and
Manichaean Studies
Editors
Stephen Emmel & Johannes van Oort
Editorial Board
H.W. Attridge – R. Cameron – A.D. DeConick
W.-P. Funk – I. Gardner – C.W. Hedrick
S.N.C. Lieu – P. Nagel – B.A. Pearson – S.G. Richter
J.M. Robinson – K. Rudolph – M. Scopello
W. Sundermann – G. Wurst
VOLUME 62
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The Gospel of Judas
in Context
Proceedings of the First International
Conference on the Gospel of Judas
Paris, Sorbonne, October 27th–28th, 2006
Edited by
Madeleine Scopello
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2008
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This book is printed on acid-free paper.
This book has been made possible partly by a generous subvention from the Fondation
Rothschild, Institut Alain de Rothschild.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
International Conference on the Gospel of Judas (1st : 2006 : University of
Sorbonne)
The Gospel of Judas in context : proceedings of the First International
Conference on the Gospel of Judas, Paris, Sorbonne, October 27th–28th 2006 /
edited by Madeleine Scopello.
p. cm. — (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; v. 62)
English and French.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-90-04-16721-6 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Gospel of Judas—Criticism,
interpretation, etc.—Congresses. I. Scopello, Maddalena. II. Title.
BS2860.J832I58 2006
229’.8—dc22
2008029638
ISSN 0929-2470
ISBN 978 90 04 16721 6
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Professor Gilles Quispel (1916–2006) in memoriam
“For there is nothing hidden which will not become manifest”
(Gospel of Thomas l. 5)
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CONTENTS
Preface ......................................................................................... xi
Madeleine Scopello
TEXTUAL AND LITERARY ISSUES
L’Évangile de Judas: notes linguistiques et stylistiques .................. 3
Nathalie Bosson
Mise en scène et effets dramatiques dans l’Évangile de Judas ...... 23
Jean-Pierre Mahé
The Presuppositions and the Purpose of the G ospel of Judas ..... 33
Stephen Emmel
Interpreting Judas: Ten Passages in the Gospel of Judas .............. 41
Marvin Meyer
SOURCES AND INFLUENCES
The Sources of the Gospel of Judas ............................................... 59
James M. Robinson
The Judas of the Gospels and the Gospel of Judas ...................... 69
Glenn W. Most
Judas, l’homme double. Recherches sur les archétypes du
disciple qui trahit Jésus dans l’Évangile de Judas ....................... 81
Bernard Pouderon
Les trente pièces d’argent de Judas ............................................ 97
Cécile Dogniez
JUDAS: TRADITIONS AND HISTORY
Judas as an Abraham Figure in the Gospel of Judas .................... 113
Majella Franzmann
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viii contents
Traditions angélologiques et mystique juive dans l’Évangile
de Judas ........................................................................................ 123
Madeleine Scopello
La figure de Judas et les origines du christianisme : entre
tradition et histoire. Quelques remarques et réflexions ......... 135
Simon C. Mimouni
L’Évangile de Judas et la tradition basilidienne ............................ 145
Jean-Daniel Dubois
JUDAS: HERO OR VILLAIN?
Is Judas Really the Hero of the Gospel of Judas? ....................... 157
Einar Thomassen
Polemical Aspects of the Gospel of Judas ...................................... 171
Louis Painchaud
The Place of the Gospel of Judas in Sethian Tradition .............. 187
John D. Turner
The Mystery of Betrayal. What Does the Gospel of Judas
Really Say? .............................................................................. 239
April D. DeConick
THEMATICAL APPROACHES
La cosmologie de l’Évangile de Judas .............................................. 267
José Montserrat-Torrents
Shining Like a Star Man. Iranian Elements in the Gospel of
Judas ............................................................................................. 277
Ezio Albrile
The Gospel of Judas and the Stars ............................................... 293
Seonyoung Kim
La maison, l’autel et les sacrifices : quelques remarques sur la
polémique dans l’Évangile de Judas ............................................. 311
Anna Van den Kerchove
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contents ix
L’ambiguïté du rire dans l’Évangile de Judas : les limites d’une
Umwertung gnostique ................................................................ 331
Fernando Bermejo Rubio
Bibliography ................................................................................ 361
Indexes
Index of Authors Cited .......................................................... 375
Index of Subjects .................................................................... 379
Index of Ancient Sources ....................................................... 387
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