The lost gospel : the quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot /
Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot
Herbert Krosney.
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2006.
- xxiii, 309 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 cm.
Foreword / Bart D. Ehrman -- Who's who in the lost gospel -- A desert grave -- A king's ransom -- Betraying Jesus -- Power brokers -- The robbery -- Under a magnifying glass -- The glories of Nag Hammadi -- Purgatory -- Scholarly pursuit -- Judas in America -- The enforcer from Gaul -- The Ferrini confrontation -- The ravages of time -- Threat of exposure -- A fiber puzzle -- The gospel of Judas.
Describes how the Gospel of Judas was discovered, why it was historically denounced as heresy, and what it says about the disciple's role in the plan for salvation.