I don't doubt that this is an actual document (if you're not familar with the subject at hand). My problem has been that the Christ/Judas relationship as presented in this "new" text is supposed to present a challenge to orthodox (read: traditional (read: quod semper, quod ubique, quod omnibus et creditum est) Christian views.
In all the media reports, the GJ is presented as a viable threat. Of course, early church father Irenaeus discounted (in a seminal work that is outstanding) the original GJ text as being gnostic (read: a belief system that makes for a great movie). Archaelogists today say it is a gnostic text. Therefore, why is constantly presented as a threat to Christianity in media reports? As if in the hundreds of years the early church spent canonizing the current Bible, this text got overlooked? Please. If you're going to tell me about it, and you should because it is interesting, tell me what it actually is: a gnostic text written to express gnostic beliefs.
The thing of it is: I am a member of the media.
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