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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting book on a fascinating subject. The discovery and publication of (relatively) recently discovered works of early Christianity quite literally force anyone who has every thought about popular Christianity as it exists today to think again. However, as the Gospel of Judas (included in th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29240390">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>This book reads a little like a conspiracy theory and the authors seem so convinced of the merits of their subject that they gloss over the inconsistencies and hypocrisies of Gnostic thought.</strong><br/><br/>&quot;The author of the <em>Gospel of Judas</em> could not reconcile his beleif in a deeply loving, good G...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60250491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I did not like this as much as Misquoting Jesus, as it required having more of a technical background on Biblical text.  I loved the premise of having a different perspective of the resurrection, but the execution was disappointing.  This book raises questions I'd always had but never voiced (or tho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44755069">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Profressor Pagels joined the rush to publish after the translation of the Book of Judas manuscript was made public. Although the condition of the papyrus was terrible and the manuscript become enbroiled in a lurid plot of greed and scholastic primacy, the ultimate outcome was to give the world yet a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38873118">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The reader of an Elaine Pagels book learns that that much of early Christian literature--whether canonical or gnostic--has an agenda, an idea that the author is trying to promote or argue against.  The pseudonymous author of the Gospel of Judas was dismayed by the way the early church fathers celebr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64522107">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm always surprised by how compelling non-fiction is when I actually give it a chance--especially non-fiction about Jesus and such.<br/><br/>I appreciated the way this book used the Gospel of Judas to shed light on the controversies, politics, and agendas of the early Church leaders. But I think ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58014305">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[King and Pagels together?! Great pairing for a good read however, if you have already read Pagels's work on the Gnostic gospels or on Judas specifically you may find much of the material in this book to be repeating. Still, as I can't translate this work myself I appreciate any and all literature on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50391055">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book emphasizes a compelling point: Judas was Jesus' favorite of his disciples. And if God has a plan, and Jesus knew Judas would betray him, doesn't that mean the lost gospel of Judas, one of the earliest Christian writings, excised from the bible at the Nicene counsel, deserves another glance...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24339055">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It has been suggested that the translation was incorrect and that Judas still is the demon/betrayer he wasalways purported to be. See research by April DeConick. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little light.  Easy reading.  Fascinating introduction to gnostics and what they might have actually believed.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first selection of the book club I started at work; we had some great conversations about it, which says more about the people who come to book club than about the quality of the book itself. Pagels and King have a great reputation, but I was somewhat disappointed with <em>Reading Judas</em>. It...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17260588">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very easy book to read and follow. I can see why it is controversial but it has a very important point to make. It argues that Judas was wrongly vilified for the role he played in Christian history and explores plausible reasons for and against. It came across to me that the gospel of Jud...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18442287">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Somewhat repetetive - at times, it seemed like they just needed to keep writing in order to have enough material for a book, rather than just a long essay. The text itself is fascinating, and their analysis is, of course, very good. It's not going to change the face of Christianity as we know it, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4612788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;What would so trouble a loyal disciple, after a long and arduous time devoted to his teache, that he would betray him to the enemies who for years wanted to kill him?&quot;<br/><br/>From the Gospel of Judas:  &quot;As for you, you will sacrifice them all.  For you will sacrifice the human be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12921020">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[in a wierd way, i respect the early christian church for how they were able to suppress all voices and unify.   the gospel itself is strange (well all of them are if you take a step back) because the stories are not part of our collective canon.  the analysis by pagel was an easy read, then the gosp...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50261017">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent explanation of the concept of <em>The Book of Judas</em> and a nice translation. Reading the notes to the translation takes longer than reading the work itself because of all the dropouts from the manuscript and the arcane meanings of the text. Still, worthwhile if you're interested in the histo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/878641">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The Gospel of Judas&quot; is a difficult text which reveals much about the internal struggles among Christians in the earliest days of the religion. I found it almost incomprehensible when i read an earlier edition, but Pagels and King provide the context and analysis for understanding this un...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5922327">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Terribly fascinating and though some of it is all a bit unusual (we all --christians, jews and muslims are really worshiping  flawed Angel not the 'real God'?), I did find it inspiring in that we lost the real lessons and the explanation for Jesus's death more logical to my way of thinking.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While it was a very interesting subject matter, I found that it wasn't very well-organized, so it wasn't very enjoyable to read. I felt like they were trying to tie together too many ideas at one time. Perhaps the issue of having more than one author and a bad editor? ]]></body>
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