The Epistle of Jude, Irenaeus, & the Gospel of Judas

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The Epistle of Jude, Irenaeus, & the Gospel of Judas

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Garry W. Trompf (2010) 'The Epistle of Jude, Irenaeus, and the Gospel of Judas' Biblica Vol. 91, No. 4: pp. 555-82

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Abstract

A detailed case that the New Testament Epistle of Jude was written against the socalled Cainite sectaries, who were in possession of a Gospel of Judas as Irenaeus attests, is presented ... Because the names Judas and Jude were the same, the good name of Iouda, especially as being that of a relative to Jesus, needed clearing; and subversive teachings—making Cain, Judas and other Biblical figures worthy opponents of the (Old Testament) god—had to be combatted. Since a Gospel of Judas has come to light, within the newly published Tchacos Codex, one is challenged to decide whether this was the gospel appealed to by the Cainites, and, if it was, to begin to grasp how they read a text which did not readily match their interests.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/42615949?s ... b_contents
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Full Paper available on Academia.edu here - https://www.academia.edu/30903088/The_E ... l_of_Judas

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