Understanding the Gospel of Judas

This article goes over the study of the Gospel of Judas and examines questions that have risen about interprations of the gospel and what basis they rest on. 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26424720 

For a more in-depth look at the gospel and its importance in understanding Christianity try the book: 

The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: a new look at the betrayer and the betrayed  

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ScMTDAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=importance+of+the+gospel+of+judas&ots=z5YvmGsRej&sig=vVMBzv7yd5AHepSCAQjhOVdah_4#v=onepage&q=importance%20of%20the%20gospel%20of%20judas&f=false

PERSECUTION AND MARTYRDOM OF CHRISTIANS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE FROM AD54 TO 100: A LESSON FOR THE 21ST CENTURY CHURCH 

This article explores what lead to the persecution of christians and the lessons todays church can learn from it. It does an excellent job going over all the factors that lead to this response from the roman government as well as looking at the effects and punishments under different rulers. 

https://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/download/254/284