James M. Robinson

The Gospel of Jesus

In Search of the Original Good News

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JAMES ROBINSON is the founding Director Emeritus of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, and Professor Emeritus at Claremont Graduate University. He is the author of TrajectoriesThrough Early Christianity and A New Quest of the Historical Jesus and is widely known for his pioneering work on the Sayings Gospel Q and the Nag Hammadi codices. He was also the general editor of The Nag Hammadi Library in English. He lives in Claremont, California.

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Judas may have felt he was playing a positive role in the divine plan for salvation and therefore fulfi lling God’s plan. Had he not been betrayed, Jesus would never have been handed over to the Romans, crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. The Gospel of Jesus looks at ancient sources of the Nag Hammadi texts, in addition to the Bible, to find out the truth behind his life and message.