Out of the two texts, the Gospel of Judas was the one that I enjoyed the most. This text completely changes the dynamics of one of the Bible’s most infamous events (the betrayal of Jesus by Judas). In this case, it is the complete opposite. Judas is one of Jesus’s closest disciples, and everything that Judas did was in the wish of Jesus and not in his idea. During the text, the other disciples are shown questioning and doubting Jesus at certain points in the Gospel after that Jesus makes an interesting statement claiming that he is not laughing at them and that by this your god will be worshipped. This statement implies that all the disciples minus Judas have in reality been worshipping a false god and Jesus is the messenger of the true god. It also completely changes the entire idea of there being just one holy god. This scripture is heavily inspired by Gnosticism which was a very prominent Heratical movement in the mid-2nd century. Its beliefs were that the world was created by something of lesser divinity and that through attaining secret knowledge humans can achieve a higher plane of being. Another important point is when Judas states that Jesus has come from the immortal realm of Barbelo. Again another bombshell of something that wasn’t mentioned in the bible that makes you think more theoretically and philosophically. With all of this being said, it’s fairly obvious why this scripture was not included in any relevant Christian Bibles. The book was written far later than any credible Gospels which were written in 60-100 AD. The gospel of Judas was estimated to be written around 200 AD. But most importantly, it is completely different and contradicts much of the other scripture included in the Bible. Nevertheless, its a good read and offers some different theological views towards Christianity as a whole.