Bible Society, Theologians Refute Gospel of Judas

The Bible Society and a number of New Testament professors have come out to quell the media hype and sensationalism over the Gospel of Judas, which some have claimed will “shake Christianity to its foundations”.

In a press statement, the UK’s Bible Society said it would be “miraculous” if the Gospel of Judas unveiled in Washington DC last week “was actually written by Judas the apostle, since he had been dead for over 100 years”.

The Bible Society stressed that the Gospel of Judas, which portrays Judas as a favoured disciple who turned Jesus in at his own request, was regarded as a fake by the early Christian writer Irenaeus, being written a whole century after the real Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.