The Gospel of Judas in Context SCOPELLO_f1_i-xvi.indd i 8/5/2008 2:16:34 PM Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies Editors Stephen Emmel & Johannes van Oort Editorial Board H.W. Attridge – R. Cameron – A.D. DeConick W.-P. Funk – I. Gardner – C.W. Hedrick S.N.C. Lieu – P. Nagel – B.A. Pearson – S.G. Richter J.M. Robinson – K. Rudolph – M. Scopello W. Sundermann – G. Wurst VOLUME 62 SCOPELLO_f1_i-xvi.indd ii 8/5/2008 2:16:35 PM The Gospel of Judas in Context Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Gospel of Judas Paris, Sorbonne, October 27th–28th, 2006 Edited by Madeleine Scopello LEIDEN • BOSTON 2008 SCOPELLO_f1_i-xvi.indd iii 8/6/2008 1:33:51 PM This book is printed on acid-free paper. This book has been made possible partly by a generous subvention from the Fondation Rothschild, Institut Alain de Rothschild. 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Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands SCOPELLO_f1_i-xvi.indd iv 8/5/2008 2:16:35 PM Professor Gilles Quispel (1916–2006) in memoriam “For there is nothing hidden which will not become manifest” (Gospel of Thomas l. 5) SCOPELLO_f1_i-xvi.indd v 8/5/2008 2:16:35 PM SCOPELLO_f1_i-xvi.indd vi 8/5/2008 2:16:35 PM CONTENTS Preface ......................................................................................... xi Madeleine Scopello TEXTUAL AND LITERARY ISSUES L’Évangile de Judas: notes linguistiques et stylistiques .................. 3 Nathalie Bosson Mise en scène et effets dramatiques dans l’Évangile de Judas ...... 23 Jean-Pierre Mahé The Presuppositions and the Purpose of the G ospel of Judas ..... 33 Stephen Emmel Interpreting Judas: Ten Passages in the Gospel of Judas .............. 41 Marvin Meyer SOURCES AND INFLUENCES The Sources of the Gospel of Judas ............................................... 59 James M. Robinson The Judas of the Gospels and the Gospel of Judas ...................... 69 Glenn W. Most Judas, l’homme double. Recherches sur les archétypes du disciple qui trahit Jésus dans l’Évangile de Judas ....................... 81 Bernard Pouderon Les trente pièces d’argent de Judas ............................................ 97 Cécile Dogniez JUDAS: TRADITIONS AND HISTORY Judas as an Abraham Figure in the Gospel of Judas .................... 113 Majella Franzmann SCOPELLO_f1_i-xvi.indd vii 8/5/2008 2:16:35 PM viii contents Traditions angélologiques et mystique juive dans l’Évangile de Judas ........................................................................................ 123 Madeleine Scopello La figure de Judas et les origines du christianisme : entre tradition et histoire. Quelques remarques et réflexions ......... 135 Simon C. Mimouni L’Évangile de Judas et la tradition basilidienne ............................ 145 Jean-Daniel Dubois JUDAS: HERO OR VILLAIN? Is Judas Really the Hero of the Gospel of Judas? ....................... 157 Einar Thomassen Polemical Aspects of the Gospel of Judas ...................................... 171 Louis Painchaud The Place of the Gospel of Judas in Sethian Tradition .............. 187 John D. Turner The Mystery of Betrayal. What Does the Gospel of Judas Really Say? .............................................................................. 239 April D. DeConick THEMATICAL APPROACHES La cosmologie de l’Évangile de Judas .............................................. 267 José Montserrat-Torrents Shining Like a Star Man. Iranian Elements in the Gospel of Judas ............................................................................................. 277 Ezio Albrile The Gospel of Judas and the Stars ............................................... 293 Seonyoung Kim La maison, l’autel et les sacrifices : quelques remarques sur la polémique dans l’Évangile de Judas ............................................. 311 Anna Van den Kerchove SCOPELLO_f1_i-xvi.indd viii 8/6/2008 1:34:05 PM contents ix L’ambiguïté du rire dans l’Évangile de Judas : les limites d’une Umwertung gnostique ................................................................ 331 Fernando Bermejo Rubio Bibliography ................................................................................ 361 Indexes Index of Authors Cited .......................................................... 375 Index of Subjects .................................................................... 379 Index of Ancient Sources ....................................................... 387 SCOPELLO_f1_i-xvi.indd ix 8/5/2008 2:16:36 PM