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The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot
by Herbert Krosney
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1426200412
- ISBN 13
- 9781426200410
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing First Edition / First Printing per no other printings stated. Hard cover in fine condition with black boards and spine cloth, gold gilt spine lettering and a gold gilt cross on front board. Text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped. Overall presents as new and unread. * From the jacket, ""A dramatic story of the discovery of one the most provocative gospels from the early Church."" ""The race to discover the Gospel of Judas will go down as one of the great detective stories of biblical archeology.""
Synopsis
Judas Iscariot.He’s been hated and reviled through the ages as Jesus Christ’s betrayer–the close friend who sells him out for 30 pieces of silver. But history also records other information about Judas Iscariot. One such reference was written in 180 by an influential Church Father named St. Irenaeus who railed against the Gospel of Judas for depicting the last days of Jesus from the perspective of the disgraced apostle. In its pages, Judas is Christ’s favorite. It’s a startlingly different story than the one handed down through the ages. Once it was denounced as heresy, the Gospel of Judas faded from sight. It became one of history’s forgotten manuscripts. Until now.In this compelling and exhaustively researched account, Herbert Krosney unravels how the Gospel of Judas was found and its meaning painstakingly teased from the ancient Coptic script that had hid its message for centuries. With all the skills of an investigative journalist and master storyteller, Krosney traces the forgotten gospel’s improbable journey across three continents, a trek that would take it through the netherworld of the international antiquities trade, until the crumbling papyrus is finally made to give up its secrets. The race to discover the Gospel of Judas will go down as one of the great detective stories of biblical archaeology.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001338
- Title
- The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot
- Author
- Herbert Krosney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1426200412
- ISBN 13
- 9781426200410
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Biblical, Judas Iscariot, Gospel of Judas, Judas - Iskariot
- Bookseller catalogs
- Spirituality & Religion; Bible & Biblical Related;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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