National Geographic Museum at Explorers Hall
The Gospel of Judas
On exhibit through summer 2006
Sketch: Judas by Leonardo Da Vinci
Sketch of Judas by Leonardo Da Vinci. Courtesy the Royal Collection © 2006, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

View pages from an ancient Coptic manuscript containing the only known surviving copy of the Gospel of Judas. The bound document, or codex, also contained three other texts, one page from each of those will be displayed. The recently conserved and authenticated codex dates from the third or fourth century.

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National Geographic's official Gospel of Judas Website

Judas Gospel—National Geographic Magazine

The Gospel of Judas—National Geographic Channel

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