The following is a brief excerpt from a review posted on PopandPolitics.com:Clearly, an alternative version of the crucifixion story puts all that we know about Jesus’ life and death on its head.
"The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Gospel of Judas Iscariot” by Herbert Krosney as presented by National Geographic, chronicles the remarkable story of how the Gospel of Judas was written, condemned, buried, found, stolen, locked away, nearly destroyed, disassembled, and finally resurrected and republished for a modern audience. The Gospel of Judas was never meant to be seen by anyone of the Christian faith, and because of the helter skelter nature of Middle Eastern antiquities, it almost never was.
Krosney starts the tale in Egypt where a local who was trying to make a buck by finding ancient trash buried beneath the stands, stumbled upon a tomb that had been the final burial place of the aforementioned gospel. From his hands the gospel, as well as a few other preserved ancient documents, ended up in the hands of a local Egyptian dealer. Though he had no idea what he was holding, he still tried to garner a large fortune for it.
“The Lost Gospel” reads like a spy novel as this unlucky dealer travels around Europe and the US trying to find a buyer, only to be ripped off by a former colleague. This same dealer, unbeknownst to him at the time, nearly destroys the gospel in trying to protect this coveted document.
We learn that eventually a guardian angel comes to rescue the document and takes Judas on a journey of rehabilitation. A quarter of the book is dedicated to illuminating the painstaking process of piecing together the shattered and tattered remnants of the gospels while attempting to translate its ancient script. It’s like CSI, but less dramatic. Continued
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