The Gospel of Judas tells the story of Jesus, unlike any other, claiming that Judas, in fact, was closest to Jesus, and that Jesus bestowed the true knowledge of the cosmos unto him. The Gospel even goes as far as to claim that Judas did not betray Jesus. Instead, Judas was following orders from Jesus to expose him to the Romans. The Gospel is heavily reminiscent of the film The Last Temptation of Christ which, among other things, depicts Jesus and Judas in an almost brotherly bond, confiding in each other and even weeping together. Works like these remain heavily controversial in the public eye. Jesus’s language shifts from other stories as well. Perhaps just a product of translation, Jesus laughs at the disciples often. In just a few pages, Jesus laughs three times at the comments or questions of the disciples. The disciples recognize this anomaly as well, and ask him about it. How often does Jesus laugh in the canonical gospels? The Biblical cosmos are altered in this gospel as well, seemingly much more Miltonic than from either published Testament, New or Old. Jesus consistently references many named angels (lower gods under the one true God according to Jesus) that ruled over Heaven and Hell and oversaw creation. Whether accurate or not, exposure to a diversity of perspectives such as the Gospel of Judas provides, gives greater context and meaning to discussions of Christianity and Jesus’s teachings.
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