The Gospel of Judas Today

Date:

December 1, 2009 - 18:00 - 19:30

Event type:

Lecture

Event audience:

Open to the Public

External presenter(s):

Boudewijn Dehandschutter (University of Leuven)

CEU host unit(s):

Department of Medieval Studies

External organizers:

The Hungarian Patristic Society (MPT)

The publication of the Gospel of Judas at Easter in 2006 made a splash in scholarship. Departing from today's scholarly situation in the study of the text, this talk comments on the meaning of its title and its Gnostic Sethian context. Who is the person of Judas and what is his role in Gnostic salvation history? Is this text part of a Gnostic insider's polemic about the meaning of Christ's Passion? Or rather a discussion about Judas' role in the context of early Christian diversity?

Boudewijn Dehandschutter studied Classical, biblical and oriental Christian languages, and history (MA 1969) and theology (STD 1977). He is Emeritus Professor of Greek Patristics and early Christian history at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium).