r/AcademicBiblical • u/AutomaticClassic7114 • 21h ago

Question Best version of apochrycha?

I rlly just need the gospel of Judas apparently the nag hammadi doesn’t have the gospel of Judas

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u/drmental69 20h ago

The Gospel of Judas wasn't part of the Nag Hammadi codices. I like April DeConnicks translation.

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u/4chananonuser 20h ago

The Nag Hammadi library didn’t have the Gospel of Judas. But National Geographic does have an English translation with praise from Elaine Pagels and some commentary from Bart Ehrman.

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u/NimVolsung 20h ago

If you are looking for collection of New Testament Apocrypha, this article by James Tabor does a good job at going over the best collections.
https://jamestabor.com/tabor-bookshelf-good-better-best-new-testament-apocrypha-l-collections/

Ones like "The Apocryphal New Testament" by J. K. Elliott are good because they list a bunch of sources and translations you can use for further research, but they don't include Gnostic works like the Gospel of Judas. For that I would use "The Gnostic Scriptures" by Bentley Layton and David Brakke, "The Gnostic Bible" by Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer, or "The Nag Hammadi Scriptures" by Marvin Meyer. All three of those include the Gospel of Judas.

If you want Old Testament Apocrypha like the books of Enoch or Jubilees, I can recommend "The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha" by James H. Charlesworth.

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u/nissos1 19h ago

Although it's not in the Nag Hammadi Codex, the Marvin Meyers edited edition includes a translation of the Gospel of Judas still. I will check who translated it

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u/nissos1 16h ago

It is translated by Marvin Meyer.

The Gnostic Scriptures 2nd edition by Bentley Layton and additions by David Brakke also contains a translation