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By Simon Mawer | Comments: ( 861 ) | Date: ( Dec 10, 2019 )

The Gospel of Judas is the story of an American priest brought to Rome to decipher an ancient scroll that appears to be a Gospel written by Judas with a very different view of Christ s crucifixion from the ones handed down in the Bible Already beset by a crisis of faith and on the brink of his first sexual affair, Father Leo Newman must tease out the meaning of this docThe Gospel of Judas is the story of an American priest brought to Rome to decipher an ancient scroll that appears to be a Gospel written by Judas with a very different view of Christ s crucifixion from the ones handed down in the Bible Already beset by a crisis of faith and on the brink of his first sexual affair, Father Leo Newman must tease out the meaning of this document even as he wrestles with its authenticity and what its revelations mean for him This is a profound book about loss, faith, redemption, and the possibility of a complete re interpretation of Christianity It is also a love story and a literary suspense thriller that is impossible to put down.

  • Title: The Gospel of Judas
  • Author: Simon Mawer
  • ISBN: 9780316973748
  • Page: 326
  • Format: Paperback

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Simon Mawer

Simon Mawer born 1948, England is a British author He currently lives in Italy.

What is the gospel GotQuestions Nov , The gospel is, broadly speaking, the whole of Scripture narrowly, the gospel is the good news concerning Christ and the way of salvation The key to understanding the gospel is to know why it s good news. What is the gospel of Jesus Christ GotQuestions Nov , Question What is the gospel of Jesus Christ Answer The word gospel means good news, so the gospel of Christ is the good news of His coming to provide forgiveness of sins for all who will believe Colossians Romans Since the first man s sin, mankind has been under the condemnation of God Romans . What is the Gospel Bible What is the Gospel The Basic Meaning of the Term The term gospel is found ninety nine times in The Gospel in a Nutshell In Corinthians , the apostle Paul summarizes Modifying Terms While gospel is often found alone, it is very often modified by various terms Reception of the The Gospel Desiring God Aug , The gospel is the good news that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died for our sins and rose again, eternally triumphant over his enemies, so that there is now no condemnation for those who believe, but only everlasting joy. The Gospel of Thomas s Sayings of Jesus Biblical Apr , The Gospel of Thomas If those who lead you say to you Look, the kingdom is in the sky then the birds of the sky will precede you If they say to you It is in the sea, then the fishes will precede you Rather, the kingdom is inside of you and outside of you When you come to know yourselves, then you will be known, Gospel Definition of Gospel by Merriam Webster Gospel definition is the message concerning Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation How to use gospel in a sentence. What Is the Gospel Crossway Articles Why Is the Gospel Good News We are accountable to God Our problem is our sin against him God s solution is salvation through Jesus Christ We come to be The Gospel of Christ The Gospel of Christ is a Media Program designed to take the WHOLE gospel to the WHOLE world We air on over television stations across the world as well as a streaming and on demand content base. Gospel of John The gospel of John went through two to three stages, or editions, before reaching its current form around AD It speaks of an unnamed disciple whom Jesus loved as the source of its traditions, but does not say specifically that he is its author Gospel of Thomas The Gospel of Thomas proclaims that the Kingdom of God is already present for those who understand the secret message of Jesus Saying , and lacks apocalyptic themes Because of this, Ehrman argues, the Gospel of Thomas was probably composed by a Gnostic some time in the early nd century.

Comments The Gospel of Judas

  • Vishy

    Interesting story on the origin of Christianity. Simon Mawer's prose is gorgeous.

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  • Abby

    This tells the story of two generations in the 20th century, centered around a Catholic priest and scholar, who is translating a scroll purporting to be the Gospel of Judas. It is not the gnostic gospel of Judas that has actually been found, but rather a scroll that may really date from Judas himself (which the gnostic one does not). It's fictional, well-researched, and rather dark in all time periods that are dealt with. It's really good, but intense and not the easiest read due to some difficu [...]

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  • Tony

    Mawer, Simon. THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS. (2001). ****. After reading the author’s previous novel, “Mendel’s Dwarf,” I decided to read more of his work. This novel was the next one he wrote. It was totally different. Once again, the author lets us know that he has done his research on his topic thoroughly, and proceeds to write in such a way as to draw us into his story. A new discovery of a scroll from the Dead Sea area is made. Although it certainly shows signs of age, it is still reasonably [...]

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  • Carrie

    Started this book a couple years ago and now am starting to remember why I never finished it. I'm sorry, I just can't bring myself to finish it. A priest has an affair with what appears to be a flibbertygibbit, he gets an interesting scroll in the course of his research, and then as a fallen priest he takes up with a woman who doesn't speak English but models for porn and paints on the side. In both attempts to read this I have yet to get to anything to do with the Gospel of Judas in the manner [...]

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  • Matt

    I read this because I'm interested in Judas as dramatic character- think about it! Fascinating! There's nothing which adds up about him in the Biblical account. The more you think about it the more complex and dramatically profound it gets.This is just goofy, pretentious, clammy-handed hogwash. I don't know anything about the author in question but he is trying SO HARD to be suave, sarcastic, erudite and worldly and he is just flailing badly throughout the story.The title suggests that someone w [...]

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  • Stacy

    Didn't finish this book. It was awful. Gave up about halfway through & if you know me, you know that NEVER happens. I will normally finish any book I start. I never could get into this one, it really never made sense. So unless there is something huge that happens during the second half, this was a major bore.

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  • Eryn

    Not a great read. Flipped back and forth through too many periods. A little confusing at first. Was never really drawn to any of the characters.

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  • Vylūnė

    Two stars are only there because of the way the story is structured. Otherwise it’s bland and colorless.The “scandalous” love affairs are boring and the author is probably mildly obsessed with pubic hair. Character development is kinda there if you really really really want to look for it and convince yourself that it’s happening. The “gospel of Judas” shouldn’t be mentioned in neither the title nor any summaries as it’s barely mentioned in the book itself.The three (sort of sepa [...]

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  • Jindriska Mendozová

    Simon Mawer se stal pro české čtenáře známým především díky románu Skleněný pokoj. Kniha inspirovaná příběhem brněnské vily Tugendhat vyvolala nejrůznější reakce – od těch nadšených až po ty, které knihu téměř zavrhovaly. V každém případě snad každý, kdo román četl, zaujal nějaké stanovisko, nenechával své čtenáře lhostejnýmiTo myslím platí pro všechny Mawerovy knihy, včetně pátého titulu, který v Nakladatelství Kniha Zlín vychází. T [...]

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  • Joanna

    If there were an option for 3.5 stars, I would use it for this book.It was a very well-written story woven through multiple levels of time and character development. The theme of betrayal was returned to again and again, in ways that seemed simultaneously inevitable but also deeply unexpected. The main character, Father Leo Newman, comes from a lineage of betrayal. We see his mother betray her husband with her lover, her lover to the Nazis, and her own identity in order to obtain a new life. The [...]

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  • Erica

    A beautiful, intelligent, and moving novel.It's important to remember that this book is a work of fiction. That should be an obvious statement, but I've read several ignorant reviews that indicate that some readers forget what "fiction" means.The Gospel of Judas is the story of a Roman priest, Leo Newman, who experiences a crisis of faith at the same time he meets and eventually falls in love with an intriguing yet unstable married woman, Madeleine. Leo is also a scholar who is called to investi [...]

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  • Teresa Xuereb

    This novel is extraordinary in the way it combines different themes and different time periods together. A scroll written by the biblical Judas is discovered near the Dead Sea, while on the other hand, Leo Newman, a Catholic priest, is going through the greatest dilemma in his life. He needs to choose between having faith in God and falling in love with a married woman, Madeleine. What will he eventually choose and in whom will he seek comfort? Will his decision be the end of him or the end of h [...]

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  • Tereza Pecáková

    Asi jsem zklamaná. Nebyl to ten Mawer, kterého bych čekala. Příběh byl zajímavý jen z tak z poloviny, maličko se to tváří jako brownovina, ale vlastně ani trochu, když se začtete. Hlavní hrdina mi moc nepřirostl k srdci, jeho věčné potácení se kolem osobních problémů mě nebavilo a vlastně mi bylo jedno, co se mu odehrávalo v hlavě a životě. Potíže duchovního s přikázáními, hlavně s tím, které káže nesesmilníš, židovské jméno a pochybný původ vedo [...]

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  • Lou

    A fantastic, three-tiered novel about the conflict between duty and passion -- all this unfolding amidst the discovery of the oldest text in christian history that may just make the entire religion irrelevant. Although Mawer would most likely cringe at hearing this, think of it as The Da Vinci Code for the more invested fiction-reader and with much more grandiose socio-political implications (if it were true, which it is not).

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  • sisterimapoet

    Some really poor reviews of this which had me worried but I don't know what they are on! Perhaps they were hoping for a Da Vinci Code - which of course this is not.To me this was great - combining a pacy and thrilling adventure with plenty of depth and well-handled reflection. And nice to see some of Mawer's preoccupations getting attention. He can do no wrong for me, I shall track down the other titles I haven't yet read.

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  • Penny Reeves

    Simon Mawer's books are always difficult to get into and to finish but even so, I never forget one of them so I plough on. I too was tempted to this one because I am interested in the character of Judas and like other reviewers, wondered most of the way through the book what the title was about. However, without giving anything away, it is a multi-layered title as the book is multi-layered. Probably the title, though clever, does attract people who expect something different. Yes, it's confusing [...]

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  • Denis O'dea

    Not really a "thriller" as such, but a beautifully written novel nevertheless. Highly recommended for lovers of literature.

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  • Miss H

    Interesting and personal - much more about the protagonist than Judas!

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  • Lisabet Sarai

    A doubt-ridden priest reluctantly pursuing an affair with a diplomat's wife in Rome - a parchment scroll apparently written by Judas immediately after the execution of Christ, suggesting that the resurrection was staged for political reasons - a family history of illicit passion and betrayal - THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS weaves these threads into a compelling but not entirely satisfactory whole that I enjoyed even as its faults became more and more apparent.On the plus side, Simon Mawer does a magnifice [...]

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  • Kamilla

    What a horrible book! What a load of crock! I'm surprised that I persevered and finished it. The story is fictional - not even based on real historical elements, the writing is so bad, that during the first 100 pages I either kept falling asleep or didn't even know what the hell I was reading, what on earth was the purpose of it all, whpere the hell I was, given that the timeline kept changing. I think the first 100 pages could have easily been left out, it still would have made more sense. The [...]

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  • Steve

    This book is fairly uneven. There is enough going on with the book before the author introduces a parallel story surrounding the protagonist's mother. I see the point of the side story, but it is weak. The real point of the side story was to make the book bigger. Without it, the Gospel of Judas is a novella. The writing too is uneven. Mostly it is good. I like high brow language, but this author seems to go way out of his way to use words in outdated forms or words that no one ever uses. Maybe m [...]

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  • Marvin

    A marvelously written book about a Catholic priest and early Christianity scholar who gets called in to translate a newly discovered Qumran scroll, a first-century account of the life of Jesus attributed to Judas that undermines crucial aspects of the gospels. The book is informative without being didactic, searchingly devoted to questions of faith without being pious. In dealing at the same time with the main character's own personal crisis of faith and life, it's also an account of the destruc [...]

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  • Carlotta

    This book was at times fascinating, but it left you without closure on so many issues. There are probably people out there who love to imagine for themselves what is going to happen to the characters, but I kind of like to have some answers to my questions. The whole book seemed to be shrouded in mystery that would have been a lot more interesting if the author would just come out every once in a while to unshroud something.This book could have had three or four stars if it didn't constantly lea [...]

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  • Megan

    Eh, this is more like a two out of ten star. Or I guess that translates to a 1.5 here. This book took an entire month to get through. I kept falling asleep while reading it. It was a great insomnia helper, I'll give it that. Actually, the middle of the book moved at a reasonable pace and the plot was close to interesting. One thing that really struck me was how much the author must hate women. Some of his descriptions of the female characters were brutal, not to mention the fact that they're all [...]

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  • Leah

    To say i read this book is wrong, but doesn't offer the option for put it down because I found myself skipping full pages to get it "overwith" I don't often not finish books, but if oun d i didn't care about the characters, i was 90 pages in and i realized, i was getting nothing out of this book. I didn't remember the characters names, and all i was getting so far was that german catholics had mad issues during wwII and a priest was havign an affair, or thinking about it, or wanted to, i couldn [...]

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  • Ludmila Kovaříková

    Kniha o knězi, který se stává "jidášem" ve dvojím smyslu: zamiluje se do ženy a přeloží nové evangelium, které popírá zmrtvýchvstání. Příběh se proplétá s příběhem jeho matky a zemřelého syna. Zpočátku kniha hůře čitelná, ale lákalo mě, o čem je Mawerovo Jidášovo evangelium, což autor natahoval až do konce. Myslím, že se tu nejedná ani tak o morálku, jak spíš o ztroskotání člověka, jehož víra je nahlodávána neustále. Jeho zmrtvýchvstání [...]

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  • Christina

    Very interesting, if sometimes disturbing, time slip novel about love, guilt and betrayal, set in Rome partly during the second world war and partly in the present. Loved the parts about the fictional gospel of Judas which the main character helps to translate and all the other speculation regarding what really happened in Judaea during the time of "Yeshu". This book will probably appeal mostly to agnostics or atheists.

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  • Maragad

    Evangelium podle Jidáše je velmi zdařilým dílem, ale nic menšího bychom ani od Simona Mawera nečekali. Ovšem ani tak kniha přeci jen není úplně pro každého. I když jde o honbu za přeložením svitku a o ověřování pravosti artefaktů, Simon Manwer se zaměřuje převážně na etickou část. Co dělat s tajemstvím, které jeden člověk sám neunese. Rozhodně se tedy nejedná o dobrodružnou četbu, kterou by si pod románem Evangelium podle Jidáše mohl leckdo představi [...]

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  • Jeanne

    I love that all of Mawer's novels are "stand-alone" and totally different from each other, no easy formula or #1,2,3 from this author. Whether or not the subject matter resonates with readers, one thing is certain, they are meticulously researched and beautifully crafted with intelligent prose. Many have psychological nuances, certainly this one, leaving the reader with much to think about, long after the last page.

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  • Cody

    One of the worst books I have ever read. Although it shouldn't be a surprise since I bought it in the bargain bin at barns and noble. A priest is called in to help translate a dead sea scroll believed to have been written by Judas. He falls in love with an art student that is about half his age and forsakes his religion and everything he once believed. This is a work of fiction with no historical content at all.

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