{"product_id":"the-thirteenth-apostle-april-d-deconick-9781847065681","title":"The Thirteenth Apostle: Revised Edition: What the Gospel of Judas Really Says","description":"The first book to challenge The National Geographic version of the Gospel of Judas, \u003cem\u003eThe Thirteenth Apostle\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to inspire to fresh debate around this most infamous of biblical figures. In 2006 The National G eographic Society released the first English translation of the Gospel of Judas, a second-century text discovered in Egypt in the 1970s. The translation\u003cbr\u003ecaused a sensation because it seemed to overturn the popular image of Judas the betrayer and instead presented a benevolent Judas who was a friend of Jesus.\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Thirteenth Apostle\u003c\/em\u003e, April DeConick offers a new translation of the Gospel of Judas that seriously challenges The National Geographic interpretation. Inspired by The National Geographic Society's efforts to piece together this ancient\u003cbr\u003emanuscript, DeConick sought out the original Coptic text and began her own translation: \"I didn't find the sublime Judas, at least not in Coptic. What I found were a series of English translation choices made by the National Geographic team, choices that permitted a different Judas to emerge in the English translation than in the Coptic original. Judas was not only not sublime, he was far more demonic than any Judas\u003cbr\u003eI know in any other piece of early Christian literature, Gnostic or otherwise.\" -April D. DeConick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e April D. Deconick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847065686\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847065681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continnuum-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.48w x 0.82d","brand":"April D. Deconick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991154131199,"sku":"9781847065681","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_284788dd-346b-477b-9229-e7f752eb5957.jpg?v=1683308744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-thirteenth-apostle-april-d-deconick-9781847065681","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}