Controversial gospel to be translated
From correspondents in Geneva
ABOUT 2000 years after the Gospel according to Judas sowed discord among early Christians, a Swiss foundation says it is translating for the first time the controversial text named after the apostle said to have betrayed Jesus Christ.
The 62-page papyrus manuscript of the text was uncovered in Egypt during the 1950s or 1960s, but its owners did not fully comprehend its significance until recently, according to the Maecenas Foundation in Basel.
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Thirty other texts - some of which have been uncovered - were sidelined because "they were difficult to reconcile with what Constantine wanted as a political doctrine", according to Mr Roberty.
The foundation's director said the Judas Iscariot text called into question some of the political principles of Christian doctrine.http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,12698856%255E1702,00.html
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