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Publication of Codex Tchacos (2006)

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National Geographic's 2006 publication of the Gospel of Judas from Codex Tchacos, followed by a scholarly debate over the translation.

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The Gospel of Judas is a Gnostic religious text that consists of conversations between Jesus and his disciples, especially Judas Iscariot. The only copy of it known to exist is a Coptic language text that is part of the Codex Tchacos, which has been radiocarbon dated to 220–340 CE. Like the Gnostic texts of the Nag Hammadi library, this version is believed by most biblical scholars to be a translation of an original which was composed by an anonymous author in the Greek language by Gnostic Christians in the 2nd century.

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