In three versions of judas, borges, an argentine of jewish descent and christian upbringing but not a religious man himself, brilliantly parodies the overwrought reasoning of theological debate. Recall bel qoph bible code in the balance bible code, which begins by reading, bel is a stupid ape. Bel and the dragon as often in association, thus we have bel baal is a stupid ape, thus mocking the darwinian half ape. We have designed this license in order to use it for manuals for free software, because free software needs free. But most scholars agree that judas acted out of his own free will in betraying jesus. T h e gospel of judas from codex tchacos edited rodolphe marvin by kasser, meyer, and g r e g o r w u r s t natio. Note that his brother, james, also calls himself a bondservant of jesus christ in his epistle. Judas places a noose around his neck, confused and filled with grief wondering if he ever had any control over his fate. It was included in borges anthology, ficciones, published in 1944. Like several other borges stories, it is written in the form of a scholarly article.
Version biblia version israelita nazarena 2011 vin2011 online. The gospel of judas this translation is by david brakke and is intended only for the use of his students. The traitor the other eleven disciples are all greatencouragements to us in that they exemplify how ordinary people with typical failing can be used by god to accomplish extraordinary things. The theme of as above so below reappears from earlier in the.
But if judas betrayal was known to god, did judas have a choice. It made headlines, on the news, tv shows and so forth. Nevertheless, i firmly believe that had judas asked to be forgiven before he hung himself, the lord would have granted his request. Article posted on forum has been reproduced below brutus the crocodile, which means, a stupid crocodile. Juda 0 hours and 45 minutes tv series 2017 juda ben haim is a showy little thug, on his way to the biggest gambling in romania with the money of a dangerous french mobster. Rodolphe kasser, marvin meyer, and gregor wurst, in collaboration with francois gaudard. We are presented with three really, four iterative interpretations of judas, each progressing further down the road of justifying the most historically vilified man in christendom. Judas iscariot journeys through life and death, grappling with his place in the greatest story ever told, and how much of his part was preordained.